generous gift
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenerousandgift
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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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gift
noun
uk/ɡɪft/us/ɡɪft/
a present or something that ...
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(Definition ofgenerousandgiftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgenerous gift
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Thisgenerousgiftmade possible the establishment of a building for older girls.
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Ottoboni would give agenerousgiftto the academy which had produced the best one.
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In exchange for thegenerousgiftof high wages, workers would reciprocate by ignoring union organizers.
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The allocation of this mostgenerousgifthas not yet been finally settled.
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It is agenerousgiftto that museum which at no cost to the taxpayer will be enjoyed by the nation in perpetuity.
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Thank you very much for thisgenerousgiftto my colleagues.
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This country is making agenerousgiftof £20 million in addition to the £10 million already given.
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Fourthly, there is a moral obligation to use thegenerousgiftof donors as efficiently as possible.
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You must give a free andgenerousgiftor keep the whole thing in your own hands.
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Is it not in any case rather ungracious and ungenerous to look thisgenerousgifthorse in the mouth like this?
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Will there be room for more boys from this country as a result of this verygenerousgift?
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Agenerousgifthas been made on condition that a particular site is acquired.
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The acquisition o the grounds bygenerousgiftor purchase is not the measure of the problem.
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I am aware of thisgenerousgift.
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Given the economic hardships now facing this country, to give judges such large pension and salary packages is a verygenerousgiftand is difficult to justify.
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I do not think that it is the mostgenerousgiftto tell people that they have only to pay £22 for planning permission in respect of the taking of peat.
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It is axiomatic of the faith of all abdicationists that you have only to make agenerousgiftof self-government, and contentment will reign where previously there was discontent.
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