26984 words

charities

8 definitions • 15 examples
1
an organization whose purpose is to give money, food, or help to those who need it, or to carry out activities such as medical research that will help people in need, and not to make a profit:

Examples:

Proceeds from the sale of these cards will go to (= be given to) local charities.
UNICEF is an international charity.
2
help, especially in the form of money, given freely to people who are in need, for example because they are ill, poor, or have no home, and organizations that provide this help:

Examples:

She does a lot of work for charity.
People tend to give to (= give money to) charity at Christmas time.
They did a charity performance on the first night, to raise money for AIDS research.
3
the quality of being kind to people and not judging them in a severe way
4
the giving of money, food, or help to those who need it, or an organization that does this:

Examples:

[ U ] She does a lot of work for charity.
[ C ] We donate to a number of charities.
5
Charity is also the belief that you should help people:

Examples:

[ U ] He visits homeless shelters out of charity.
6
an organization that has the purpose of providing money or help to people who need it, or that does something useful for society:

Examples:

Proceeds from the sale of these cards will be given to local charities.
As a charity, the organization does not pay tax.
7
organizations like this when they are considered as a group:

Examples:

The proceeds of this evening's event will go to charity.
8
money or help given to people who need it:

Examples:

They were poor, but they were too proud to accept charity.

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