private donation

collocation in English

meaningsofprivateanddonation

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withdonation.
private
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.vət/us
/ˈpraɪ.vət/
only for one person or group and not ...
See more atprivate
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 ...
See more atdonation

(Definition ofprivateanddonationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprivate donation

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Would the local authority be liable to prosecution, but not the people who made theprivatedonation?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am anxious to protect the principle that the means by which we encourageprivatedonationin this country should not be pushed out of education altogether.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This was then the largestprivatedonationever given to institute, a leading international science research center and graduate school.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
A largeprivatedonationallowed for the site to open for three months in the summer of 2007.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The fund is funded byprivatedonation, through individual citizens and corporations.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Their initial gift of $45 million in 1998 was, at the time, the largestprivatedonationever made to international education.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
This project was financed entirely by aprivatedonationof $7,000.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The balance of funds were raised byprivatedonation.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
It is a non-profit volunteer-run, non-governmental organisation dependent onprivatedonation.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
During the 2004-2005 school year, the school received aprivatedonationwhich was used to expand the library.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In 2007 a large expansion of high throughput proteomics using mass spectrometry has been funded byprivatedonation.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Thanks to private donations, more than 50,000 meals as well as medicine, shoes and garments were provided for the poorest people.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We are grateful for the numerous private donations received.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We also welcomed the proposal to involve the private sector in this venture and agreed to provide tax exemption for private donations to the foundation.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Private donations by way of covenant—a point which my noble friend raised—are treated as if they were covenants to a charity.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Those are the areas for which it is most difficult to get business sponsorship and private donations.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is no great public demand for an increase in state funding for political parties or for restricting the amount of private donations.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It has been financed chiefly by private donations.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Available information suggests that private donations or appeals helped towards the funding of purchase in approximately half these cases.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofprivate
Go to the definition ofdonation
See other collocations withdonation