donor
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- noun
- /ˈdoʊnər/
:
donante
- A higher-education initiative aimed at improving coordination among donors and increasing resources for African teachers and students.
- aid donors
- international donors
- bilateral donors
In fact, he got financing from private donors for the Beagle.
- In fact, he got financing from private donors for the Beagle.
- If so, consider opening a Donor Advised Fund with Donors Trust.
- And both things, big donors have never been a fan of Donald Trump.
- So the Sugar Research Council was the chief donor to the Harvard Nutrition School.
- We are the largest financial donor to the UN by leaps and bounds.
- And so this is how donor money was spent.
- I'm Yvonne Ng and I help run the annual giving and donor relations for MIT Open Learning.
- So what kind of involvement did the donor have in in naming the collection?
- And wealthy donors in Italy gave money to set up this bank.
- And and then the foundation attracts donors who are of like mind, as any foundation would be.
Examples
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Because the budget depends heavily on donor financing, a major question concerns donor confidence.
Academic text (1992) -
They get grants, they raise money from donors, they do fundraisers.
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So more and more and we're getting our donors more comfortable with both.
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Every year we appeal for help and people or donors or governments give us some money.
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So the Sugar Research Council was the chief donor to the Harvard Nutrition School.
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And wealthy donors in Italy gave money to set up this bank.
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Since launching in 2002, the group raised an estimated $100 million from donors throughout the country.
Academic text (2011) -
Lucy was the biggest donor to our charity stream last month which means she won a trip to our studio to record a 'Let's Play with Us!'
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Such conservation programs often are relatively inexpensive for donor nations but highly valued by recipient nations.
Academic text (1992) -
Last year, the charity received a generous contribution from a local donor to support their programs.
Synonyms
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2.7
A person or organization that gives money to help events and people
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3.2
A person who gives money to a charity or project
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3.0
Someone, company or group who gives money to help a project
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3.5
A person who gives money or other help to support people, groups and causes
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1.0
A person who offers money or help to others without asking for anything back
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4.6
A person who gives money or help to others
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7.0
A person who gives money to help people or charities
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3.7
A person or group that gives money to support a project
A person who offers money, food, or other help to people in need
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.8
A person with type O negative blood whose blood can be given to people of any blood type
How Generous
Surface Forms
Morphology
donor = donate (transparent) = don + or
Agentive formation from 'donate' gives the meaning 'a person who gives (money or property)', which is directly predictable.
Etymology
The word donor comes from the Latin donare, meaning 'to give', and it is the same root as donate. So a donor is someone who gives money, goods, or property as a 'gift' to help a person or an organization.