| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift |
| Synonyms: | a hand, aid, allowance, alms, appropriation, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, boon, charity, contribution, do one's part, dole, endowment, gifting, grant, gratuity, handout, help, helping hand largess, lump, offering, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, write-off |
| Main Entry: | alms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | handout |
| Synonyms: | aid, assistance, benefaction, charity, contribution, dole, donation, offering |
| Main Entry: | appropriation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allocation, setting aside |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment, budgeting, concession, donation, earmarking, endowing, funding, giving, grant, provision, setting apart, sponsoring, stipend, stipulation, subsidy |
| Antonyms: | keeping, refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prize or reward |
| Synonyms: | accolade, adjudication, allotment, bestowal, citation, conferment, conferral, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, feather in cap, gift, gold, gold star, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict |
| Notes: | an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts |
| Main Entry: | boon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | benefaction, benefit, benevolence, blessing, break, compliment, donation, favor, gift, godsend, good, good fortune, grant, gratuity, help, largess, present, windfall |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | bounty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonus; compensation |
| Synonyms: | donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largess, pay, premium, present, prize, recompense, reward |
| Main Entry: | charity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | generosity, gift |
| Synonyms: | alms, alms-giving, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, gifting, hand*, hand-out, helping hand, largesse, oblation, offering, philanthropy, relief, write-off |
| Antonyms: | stealing, taking |
| Main Entry: | contribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, offering |
| Synonyms: | a hand, addition, alms, augmentation, benefaction, beneficence, bestowal, charity, do one's part, donation, gifting, grant, handout, helping hand, improvement, increase, input, present, significant addition, subscription, supplement, write-off |
| Main Entry: | dole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allowance, allocation |
| Synonyms: | allotment, alms, apportionment, benefit, charity, dispensation, distribution, division, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, handout, living wage, mite, modicum, parcel, pittance, portion, quota, relief, share, subsistence, trifle |