charity
[noun]
Synonyms:
- donations, assistance, benefaction, contributions, endowment, fund, gift, hand-out, help, largesse or largess, philanthropy, relief
- kindness, altruism, benevolence, compassion, fellow feeling, generosity, goodwill, humanity, indulgence

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Antonyms: ill will, malice
Contrasted words: malevolence, malignancy, malignity, spite, spleen
Related Words: affection, attachment, love, altruism, benevolence, humaneness, kindliness, amity, friendliness, goodwill

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English Thesaurus: organization, institution, association, party, body, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

char‧i‧ty S3 W3 /ˈtʃærəti, ˈtʃærɪti/ noun (plural charities)
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: charité, from Late Latin caritas 'Christian love', from Latin carus 'dear']

1. [countable] an organization that gives money, goods, or help to people who are poor, sick etc ⇒ charitable:
Several charities sent aid to the flood victims.
charity event/walk/concert etc (=an event organized to collect money for a charity)

2. [uncountable] charity organizations in general:
All the money raised by the concert will go to charity.
for charity
The children raised over £200 for charity.

3. [uncountable] money or gifts given to help people who are poor, sick etc:
refugees living on charity
Her pride wouldn’t allow her to accept charity.

4. [uncountable] formal kindness or sympathy that you show towards other people:
Mother Teresa’s works of charity
Newspaper reports showed him little charity.

5. charity begins at home a phrase meaning that you should take care of your own family, country etc before you help other people

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

charity
noun
ADJ. local, national | registered | private | animal, cancer, conservation, educational, housing, medical
VERB + CHARITY donate (money) to, give (money) to, support | go to All the proceeds from the sale will go to charity.
ask for | accept They are proud people who don't accept charity.
depend on, live on They have no money and are forced to live on charity.
CHARITY + NOUN appeal, auction, ball, concert, event, match, show | school | shop | work | worker
PREP. for ~ The school raised over a hundred pounds for charity.
~ for a charity for sick children
PHRASES an act of charity

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

charity

give something to charity
I like to give a small amount of what I earn to charity.
donate something to charity (=give something to charity)
She sold all her jewellery and donated the money to charity.
go to charity
Any profit that she makes from her writing goes to charity.
raise money/funds for charity
A huge amount is raised for charity by the festival.
support a charity (=give money to one)
Do you support any charities?
a local charity (=one that operates near the place where you live)
All the money raised goes to local charities.
an international charity (=one that operates all over the world)
The Red Cross is a well-known international charity.
a national charity (=one that operates throughout a country)
Help the Aged is a national charity representing older people.
a cancer charity (=one that raises money to treat or cure cancer)
The event raised thousands of pounds for a cancer charity.
a charity shop (=one that gives the money it makes to a charity)
Give your old clothes to a charity shop.
a charity event (=one organized to collect money for a charity)
She spoke at a charity event in aid of famine relief.
a charity match/concert/show etc
The band appeared at a charity concert for free.
a charity worker (=someone who works for a charity, often without pay)
Charity workers say these reforms will not help the poor.
a charity appeal (=an act of asking people to give money to a charity)
The organization is launching a charity appeal for a new air ambulance.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

organization a group of people, companies, or countries, which is set up for a particular purpose:
Greenpeace is an international organization that protects the environment.
the World Health Organization
institution a large important organization such as a bank, church, or university:
The University is an important academic institution.
financial institutions such as banks
association an organization for people in a particular profession, sport, or activity, which officially represents its members – often used in names:
I met a representative of the National Association of Teachers.
the Football Association
party an organization of people with the same political aims which you can vote for in elections:
Which political party do you support?
He voted for the Republican Party’s candidate.
body an important group of people who make the rules and advise people about what should be allowed:
the sport’s governing body
The government has set up an advisory body.
club/society an organization for people who share an interest, for example a sport:
We belong to a tennis club.
I joined the university film society.
union an organization formed by workers in order to protect their rights:
The union ordered its members out on strike.
charity an organization which collects money to help people who are poor, sick etc and does not make any profit for itself:
She has raised a lot of money for local charities.
quango British English disapproving an organization set up by the government, which has official power but whose members have not been elected:
the amount of money that is wasted on government quangos

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