outright gift

collocation in English

meanings of outright and gift

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outright
adjective [before noun]
uk
/ˈaʊt.raɪt/
us
/ˈaʊt.raɪt/
complete:
gift
noun
uk
/ɡɪft/
us
/ɡɪft/
a present or something that ...

(Definition of outright and gift from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of outright gift

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This was offered as a managed trust, rather than an outright gift, but it was refused by the widow on grounds that she wished to control her own financial destiny.
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We must consider whether it is best to make loans or outright gifts.
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I should have thought that the proper thing would have been to lend the money rather than to give it as outright gifts now.
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There could not be a more specific statement in statute that outright gifts and interests in possession trusts are seen as having equal tax status.
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Such a form of financing could take the form of low interest loans, interest-free loans or outright gifts or grants.
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It is not always possible or wise to make an outright gift to an infant.
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Surely that is bad business, and it would be better to make an outright gift?
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C is described as "what the value so referred to would be had the gift been an outright gift".
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As a result, no outright gift to charities will now be liable to capital transfer tax.
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As the clause stands, an outright gift attracts no inheritance tax, provided that the donor survives for seven years.
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We will assume that the gift is given on trust for that institution—not an outright gift, but given on trust.
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To me a loan implies a greater degree of responsibility and is far better than an outright gift.
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Even then, they could be paid as a loan instead of as an outright gift and repaid out of earnings when the men have gone back to work.
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Such a transaction may be an outright gift, or a gift in consideration of marriage, or a sale at a price significantly less than the value of the house.
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A presumed resulting trust is where the transfer fails, and there is no reason to assume it was intended as an outright gift.
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He is delighted when they send him double the amount as an outright gift.
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A presumed resulting trust occurs where the transfer fails, and there is no reason to assume it was intended as an outright gift.
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She made an outright gift of two of her own paintings to the school.
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The last situation where a presumed resulting trust is created is if the court can rebut the presumption of an outright gift.
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Yet because it had ended, there was no outright gift to the members.
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