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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money given to help another |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allowance, appropriation, assistance, bequest, bonus, bounty, contribution, endowment, fellowship, financial aid, gift, grant, gratuity, help, honorarium, indemnity, payment, pension, premium, reward, scholarship, subsidization, subvention, support, tribute |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, annuity, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, remittance, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | backing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
| Synonyms: | abetment, accompaniment, adherence, advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, championing, championship, encouragement, endorsement, funds, grant, help, patronage, reinforcement, sanction, secondment, sponsorship, subsidy |
| Antonyms: | disfavor, opposition |
| Main Entry: | donation |
| 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: | endowment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gift |
| Synonyms: | award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, funding, gifting, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stake, stipend, subsidy, trust |
| Antonyms: | loss |
| Main Entry: | gift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given freely, for no recompense |
| Synonyms: | allowance, alms, award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, bonus, boon, bounty, charity, contribution, courtesy, dispensation, donation, endowment, fairing, favor, giveaway, goodie, grant, gratuity, hand, hand-me-down, handout, honorarium, lagniappe, largesse, legacy, libation, oblation, offering, offertory, philanthropy, pittance, premium, present, presentation, provision, ration, relief, remembrance, remittance, reward, souvenir, subscription, subsidy, tip, token, tribute, write-off |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, loss, penalty |
| Main Entry: | grant |
| 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: | patronage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support of a cause |
| Synonyms: | advocacy, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, backing, benefaction, championship, encouragement, financing, grant, guardianship, help, promotion, protection, recommendation, sponsorship, subsidy, support |
| Antonyms: | antagonism, detraction, opposition |
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