generous donation

collocation in English

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generous
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/us
/ˈdʒen.ər.əs/
willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual ...
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donation
noun[C or U]
uk
/dəʊˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/doʊˈneɪ.ʃən/
money or goods that are given to help a person or organization, or the act of ...
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(Definition ofgenerousanddonationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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By any standard and by any measure the £100 million is a mostgenerousdonationtowards the scheme.
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Thatgenerousdonationof £10 was not, in fact, sent to the fund administered purely on behalf of the women and children.
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I received a verygenerousdonationof £10 from a prominent industrialist.
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In 1937 the university acquired the golf course through agenerousdonation.
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As a result of a verygenerousdonation, it is currently undergoing extensive repair and is expected to be usable by the end of 2012.
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The original homestead has been restored bygenerousdonation.
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In 1900, a faculty of science was formally established and in 1904, agenerousdonationmade possible the appointments of five professors.
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He has most reluctantly accepted his son's monastic vocation but has nevertheless made agenerousdonationto the monastery's funds.
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He was also fined 200,000 ducats as agenerousdonation("generoso donativo") to the king.
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However, for two years, there were not sufficient funds to build a church until agenerousdonationof 200 was received from a local settler.
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Thegenerousdonationwas enough to cover half of the construction costs.
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On each occasion he made a rousing speech and gave agenerousdonationand received in return a silver commemorative trowel or mallet.
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Following agenerousdonation, the organisation was able to gather its activities to the present location in 1944.
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In 1993 the addition of an extra treble bell, made possible by agenerousdonation, completed the present ring of fourteen bells.
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Generous donations from individuals helped defray the costs.
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On the left of the advertisement, we are told that the feature has been made possible by generous donations from various companies.
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The rest of the world responded to the tsunami disaster by making extremely generous donations, whether on an individual, governmental or institutional basis.
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The council now has a fund of over £5 million through additional and generous donations and judicious financial management.
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It must come from generous donations out of their budgets by her colleagues in the other spending departments.
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Funds are opened, to which generous donations are given to assist the dependents.
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