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charity

charity

408 1.3
An organization like a food bank that gives money or help to people in need
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɛrɪti/
translation icon : organización benéfica
  • She came to give me an invitation to the charity auction.
  • money for charities
  • a cancer charity
  • a health charity

Hence why I named the charity after his name.

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Examples

  • Also, the services of a local charity were commissioned to provide specific help and advice to migrants.

    Academic text (2015)
  • If you raised money for a charity, explain how people benefited.

    Academic text (2012)
  • So on the left you can help the charity at very little cost to yourself.

  • I want to lead a huge charity organization.

  • I met Jennifer in LA at a charity event.

  • It's a charity poker event.

  • We are told that the boy was arrested the previous night in a disturbance at a charity ball in a London hotel.

  • It's the end of the semester, which means the school's gonna empty out the closet and give all of our stuff to charity.

  • Now you'd make a donation to this great charity, which sounds amazing.

  • We are organizing a charity auction to raise funds for the local shelter.

Synonyms

foundation
vscharity
541 3.6

An organization that gives money to support a particular cause

helps people or causes directly not only by granting funds
institution
vscharity
478 3.9

An organization like a school, bank, or charity that serves the public

focuses specifically on helping people or supporting causes rather than general public service
nonprofit
vscharity
  • US
133 3.5

An organization that does not try to make money and helps people or the community

is about helping people or supporting causes rather than profit making
nonprofit organization
vscharity
  • US
27 3.0

A group that helps people or the community without trying to make money

focuses specifically on helping people or supporting public causes
not-for-profit
vscharity
16 3.4

An organization that does not aim to make money and helps the community

focuses on helping people or public causes rather than earning income
public charity
vscharity
  • Formal
1 3.4

A group that mainly gets money from many people to help others

is defined by helping people or supporting causes rather than funding source
charitable trust
vscharity
  • Specialized
1 5.1

A legal arrangement that holds money or property to support charities and public causes, not for private profit

helps people or supports causes directly rather than mainly managing funds
1 4.2

An organization that gives money to help people, groups, or schools

supports people and causes more broadly rather than mainly giving grants

Idioms

cold as charity
  • Archaic
9.9

Acting kind but not showing real care

Compounds

25 2.1

An organized event, like a concert, to raise money or attention for people in need

charity case
  • Offensive
14 4.6

A person who gets help from other people because they are in need

1 3.4

A group that mainly gets money from many people to help others

A charity that helps people because of religion

charity mugger
  • Offensive
9.1

A person who asks people for charity money in a pushy way on streets or near shops

3.4

A shot you take from the free throw line after a foul

2.3

A shot from the foul line taken after a foul that scores one point

2.7

A shot from the foul line that a player takes after a foul without anyone trying to stop it

How Big

community
2.8
NGO
50 3.7
foundation
541 3.6
charity
408 1.3

Surface Forms

charity singular
charities plural

Etymology

Charity comes from the Latin caritas, from carus meaning 'dear' or 'loved'. So a charity is an organization that gives help because of care and love for people in need.