Definition of donation

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Donation (n.) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift..

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Ademption :: Ademption (n.) The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like..
Donation :: Donation (n.) The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
Donee :: Donee (n.) The person to whom a gift or donation is made.
Foundation :: Foundation (n.) A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment..
Benefaction :: Benefaction (n.) A benefit conferred; esp. a charitable donation.
Present :: Present (a.) Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts..
Condonation :: Condonation (n.) The act of condoning or pardoning.
Condonation :: Condonation (n.) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated..
Donation :: Donation (n.) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift..
Expend :: Expend (v. t.) To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations..
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..
Donative :: Donative (a.) Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson..
Donation :: Donation (n.) That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.
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