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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allowance, gift |
| Synonyms: | admission, allocation, allotment, alms, appropriation, assistance, award, benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, charity, concession, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fellowship, gratuity, handout, lump, present, privilege, reward, scholarship, stipend, subsidy |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, loss |
| Main Entry: | gratuity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, tip |
| Synonyms: | alms, benefaction, bonus, boon, bounty, contribution, donation, fringe benefit, grease palm, largesse, little something, offering, perk*, perquisite, present, recompense, reward, salve, sweetener, token |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hand out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give to others |
| Synonyms: | bestow, deal out, deliver, devote, disburse, dish out, dispense, disseminate, distribute, donate, give away, give out, hand over, mete, present, provide |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | hand over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give back; release |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cede, commend, commit, consign, deliver, dispense, donate, entrust, feed, find, fork out, fork up, give up, hand, leave, present, provide, relegate, relinquish, supply, surrender, transfer, turn over, waive, yield |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | here |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in this place |
| Synonyms: | attendant, attending, available, hereabouts, hither, hitherto, in this direction, on board, on deck, on hand, on this spot, on-the-spot, present, within reach |
| Antonyms: | there |
| Main Entry: | host |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entertain, accommodate |
| Synonyms: | do the honors, introduce, pick up the check, present, receive, spread oneself, throw a party, treat, wine and dine |
| Main Entry: | immediate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instantaneous; without delay |
| Synonyms: | actual, at once, at present time, at this moment, critical, current, existing, extant, first, hair-trigger, instant, live, next, now, on hand, paramount, present, pressing, prompt, up-to-date*, urgent |
| Antonyms: | eventually, later, never |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give |
| Synonyms: | accord, afford, allow, bestow, cede, confer, contribute, grant, lead, offer, part with, present, relinquish, render, yield |
| Antonyms: | keep, take |
| Main Entry: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immediate, urgent |
| Synonyms: | burning*, clamant, contemporary, crying*, current, dire, direct, exigent, existent, extant, fast, imperative, importunate, insistent, instantaneous, on-the-spot, present, present-day, pressing, prompt, quick, split-second |
| Antonyms: | delayed, eventual, late, later |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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