political donation
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- noun
- /pəˈlɪtɪkəl dəˈneɪʃən/
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donación política
- The transparency of political donations is crucial for maintaining public trust in the electoral process.
- make political donations
- dollars in political donations
- political donations to the governor
It's an invitation to asking for political donations.
- It's an invitation to asking for political donations.
Examples
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It didn't take unions long to figure out that their members' votes, and the political donations funded in part with their members' dues, would yield tremendous leverage at the bargaining table.
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Yesterday, I finally made my first political donation of the 2008 election season.
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And let's not even talk about political donations in the wake of Citizens United.
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"BP gave the most political donations in history to the O campaign."
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Last week, Chevron made the single biggest corporate political donation since the Citizens United decision.
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Yeah, and he gives back a lot to this community over here with medical clinics, schools, political donations, you name it, so this is the deal:
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Some sharp partisan lines have already been drawn over her nomination, with Democrats raising questions over her extensive political donations and lack of experience.
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Twitter users exposed to the political tweets listed above are 97% more likely than other Twitter users to visit an online political donation page.
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They don't make political donations they don't have.
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Indeed, the major media companies all skew heavily leftward, with OpenSecrets.org revealing that political donations from media company employees are overwhelmingly Democratic at Time-Warner, ABC-Disney, Comcast/NBC-Universal, and CBS.
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Synonyms
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2.5
Money given to help a charity or fund
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Money, goods, or time given to help others and organizations
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Money people give to a candidate, party or campaign to help in an election
How Much
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1
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a sum given to support political actors or campaigns' is directly and compositionally derived from 'political' (relating to politics) + 'donation' (a gift or contribution). This adjective+noun pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Political donation comes from the simple idea of a donation, a gift of money given to someone in politics. Imagine people handing money to a candidate to pay for posters or events; that image explains why it means 'a sum of money given to support a politician or campaign'.