charitable gift
collocation in Englishmeanings of charitable and gift
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charitable
adjective
uk
/ˈtʃær.ə.tə.bəl/us
/ˈtʃer.ə.t̬ə.bəl/
giving money, food, or help free to those who are in need because they are ill, poor, or have no home, or to organizations that exist to provide good things for the public such as education or ...
(Definition of charitable and gift from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of charitable gift
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This marketing business is far too serious to talk about conducting it on charitable gifts.
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We had the voluntary hospitals which were desperately short of money and relying on charitable gifts, local patriotism and schemes such as the penny-a-week scheme, but they were good hospitals.
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We give tax relief on charitable gifts in this country because we believe that support of charity is part of the role of a good citizen.
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Indeed, there is a remarkable growth in the government sponsorship scheme and there is a growth resulting from tax concessions which have been made in respect of charitable gifts.
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They are not charitable gifts.
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A person's charitable gift, for example, may be tax exempt.
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I am afraid that we can see in this charitable gift that all are not going to be blessed.
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Since it might be applied to benevolent purposes only, it need not be applied to charitable purposes and, therefore, it is not a charitable gift at all.
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It is very important that people, particularly those who are often at the level of development of children, should not mistake a business arrangement foe a charitable gift.
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It can refer to government welfare or a charitable gift, and it may take the form of money, food, or other necessities.
Charitable gifts should bridge the gap between what statutory housing subsidies could provide and the specialised housing management that homeless families might require.
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As another example of why the current value should be used, consider the case of a building that is given away (as an inheritance or charitable gift).
It is the case that charitable gifts have been immensely increased by this system.
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I do not think that there is justice in making these contributions, these charitable gifts, to a selected number of tenants.
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Has there or has there not been an increase in the totality of charitable gifts since the system came into being?
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There are more and more concessions to the charitable gifts systems under the pay-as-you-earn machinery.
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Charitable gifts should be made after a man has performed his ordinary, obligations.
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They make an appeal and receive charitable gifts and so on from local sources before they are discovered.
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On philosophical grounds, it may not be fair for society to include some rich men, but they do make charitable gifts.
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