charity

Definition

  • noun: the act of giving money, food, or other kinds of help to people who are poor, sick, etc.
  • noun: benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: love, beneficence, affection

Examples

  • a 'charity' concert/dinner/event [=a concert/dinner/event held to raise money for a charity]

  • She runs a local 'charity' that gives books to children.

  • The holidays are a time for 'charity' and good will.

Movie quotes

  • (..) A thing in which you should notice is always in what passed in those episodes of Rosswell. When they made the revision of taxes it was known that Chris' funds had donated them to the charity. My parents decided that it could not delay more. They hired a private investigator, and they notified (..)
    2007 Into the Wild