donate

donate
01. He [donates] blood to the Red Cross at least twice a year.
02. We should clean out the storage room, and [donate] a bunch of stuff to the Salvation Army.
03. An anonymous [donor] has contributed over $100,000 to our campaign to clean up the river.
04. We [donated] all our old clothes to Big Brothers.
05. The Red Cross is asking for [donations] of clothing and money for the victims of the tornado.
06. He believes that everyone should [donate] 10% of their earnings to charity.
07. He had been a blood [donor] for over 25 years, but he had to stop giving blood after he contracted hepatitis while travelling.
08. Whoopi Goldberg once remarked that if every American [donated] five hours a week to a good cause, it would equal the labor of 20 million full-time volunteers.
09. Businessman Andrew Carnegie [donated] about $330 million to libraries, research projects, and world peace endeavors.
10. More than 60 percent of all recipients of organ [donations] are between the ages of 18 and 49.
11. As of 1996, Japan was the largest foreign aid [donor] in the world.
12. When famine struck Africa in 1985-86, India made the second largest [donation] of grain to help the starving.
13. Drug traffickers in Bolivia often make charitable [donations] to poor communities to win public support.
14. In August of 1950, the United Nations moved to a new permanent location in New York City on land [donated] by the Rockefeller family.
15. After winning $54,000 as part of the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King [donated] the money to support civil rights in the United States.
16. When your computer gets old, and you want to replace it, consider [donating] it to a local school instead of throwing it in the garbage.
17. The environmental organization Greenpeace does not accept [donations] from governments or corporations.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Donate — de Rome Donate est une sainte martyre chrétienne. Avec Pauline, Rustique, Nominande, Sérotine, Hilarie et leurs compagnes, elle fut martyre à Rome. Elle est fêtée avec ses compagne le 31 décembre[1]. Notes et références ↑ …   Wikipédia en Français

  • donate — do·nate vb do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing vt: to transfer by a gift or donation vi: to make a donation compare give, sell Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • donate — meaning ‘to give (money etc.) voluntarily’, is a back formation from donation and spread rapidly from American to British usage: • She could donate certain organs to assist in research or spare part surgery Barbara Pym, 1977 • Some [parks] were… …   Modern English usage

  • donate to — index subscribe (promise) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • donate — 1819, back formation from DONATION (Cf. donation). Related: Donated; donating …   Etymology dictionary

  • donate — present, bestow, *give, confer, afford Analogous words: *grant, accord, award …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • donate — [v] make a gift of accord, ante up*, award, bequeath, bestow, chip in*, confer, contribute, devote, dole out*, do one’s part*, feed the kitty*, get in the act*, get it up*, give, give away, grant, hand out, lay on, pass the hat*, present, provide …   New thesaurus

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