giving

Roget-categorie 784

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.2. Transfer of property

#784. Giving

zelfstandig naamwoord

giving etc. v. — bestowal, bestowment^†, donation — presentation, presentment — accordance — concession — delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment — investment, investiture — award.
almsgiving^†, charity, liberality, generosity.
[Thing given] gift, donation, present, cadeau^† — fairing — free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation — lagniappe [U.S.], pilon [U.S.].
grace, act of grace, bonus.
allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention.
bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation^†, dot, appanage — voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance etc. 783 — amortization.
alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule^†, donative^†, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula^†, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail^†, douceur [Fr.], drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld [G.], bakshish^† — fee etc. (recompense) 973 — consideration.
bribe, bait, ground bait — peace offering, handsel — boodle [Slang], graft, grease [Slang] — blat [Rus.].
giver, grantor etc. v. — donor, feoffer^†, settlor.

werkwoord

deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of — hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over — assign dower.
present, give away, dispense, dispose of — give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out.
pay etc. 807 — render, impart, communicate.
concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast — spend etc. 809.
give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign.
intrust, consign, vest in.
make a present — allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota.
invest, endow, settle upon — bequeath, leave, devise.
furnish, supply, help — administer to — afford, spare — accommodate with, indulge with, favor with — shower down upon — lavish, pour on, thrust upon.
tip, bribe — tickle the palm, grease the palm — offer etc. 763 — sacrifice, immolate.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

giving etc. v. — given etc. v. — allowed, allowable — concessional^† — communicable — charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary^†, tributary — gratis etc. 815 — donative^†.

uitdrukking

auctor pretiosa facit [Lat.] — ex dono [Lat.] — res est ingeniosa dare [Lat.] [Ovid].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

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