charity
- noun
- /ˈtʃɛrɪti/
- 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.
- Hence why I named the charity after his name.
- He was always supporting charities and good dad.
- Well, I'm a patron of three charities, Victoria Cross Trust.
- Of course he has a little board, but it's called the Bill Gates Charity Foundation.
- Thankfully, most people get Guide Dogs through charities where it's entirely funded.
- This is where my charity of choice, The Actors Fund, comes in.
- Invest, mentor, give back, give to charity and live a life of purpose yourself.
- So this is a very specific charity they work towards.
- Well, I'm a patron of three charities unpaid.
Examples
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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.
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I want to lead a huge charity organization.
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I met Jennifer in LA at a charity event.
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It's a charity poker event.
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We are told that the boy was arrested the previous night in a disturbance at a charity ball in a London hotel.
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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.
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Now you'd make a donation to this great charity, which sounds amazing.
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We are organizing a charity auction to raise funds for the local shelter.
Synonyms
An organization that gives money to support a particular cause
An organization like a school, bank, or charity that serves the public
An organization that does not try to make money and helps people or the community
A group that helps people or the community without trying to make money
An organization that does not aim to make money and helps the community
A group that mainly gets money from many people to help others
A legal arrangement that holds money or property to support charities and public causes, not for private profit
An organization that gives money to help people, groups, or schools
Idioms
Compounds
An organized event, like a concert, to raise money or attention for people in need
- Offensive
A person who asks people for charity money in a pushy way on streets or near shops
- US
A shot from the foul line that a player takes after a foul without anyone trying to stop it
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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.