Roget's Thesaurus

#784. Giving

Nouns

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.

Verbs

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.

Adjectives

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

Phrases

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