prospective donor

collocation in English

meaningsofprospectiveanddonor

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prospective
adjective
uk
/prəˈspek.tɪv/
us
/prəˈspek.tɪv/
people who are expected to buy something, employ someone, become ...
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donor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdəʊ.nər/
us
/ˈdoʊ.nɚ/
a person who gives some of their blood or a part of their body to help someone who ...
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(Definition ofprospectiveanddonorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is donation in these cases likely to be in the best interest of theprospectivedonorchild?
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It is useful to note that the degree to which the mentally incompetent person is impaired should alter the way we think about such aprospectivedonor.
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Will it almost always, then, be in the best interest of theprospectivedonorchild to donate in having a child to save a child cases?
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It refers to the process by which aprospectivedonoris moved from cultivation to solicitation.
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Once one group of major charities adopted my suggested approach, pressure could be exerted by prospective donors to other organisations to follow suit.
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But it has long been the policy of the trustees to explain to prospective donors that no guarantee of perpetual exhibition can be given.
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Prospective donors are then invited to remain and meet those present over a drink.
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However, it is clear that the present system is not working well enough for prospective recipients, prospective donors or the relatives of the deceased.
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Does she think that the answer simply lies in a system of more detailed and informed consent by prospective donors?
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It is important that the prospective donors will still be free to make new gifts or to set up trust funds for the benefit of particular incumbents.
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Furthermore, the report alleges that the script given to the telemarketers to read to prospective donors contains factual lies about how much money will go to the charity.
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The book is focussed on giving to charity, and discusses philosophical considerations, describes practical and psychological obstacles to giving, and lists available resources for prospective donors (e.g. charity evaluators).
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