voluntary donation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvoluntaryanddonation
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voluntary
adjective
uk/ˈvɒl.ən.tər.i/us/ˈvɑː.lən.ter.i/
done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to ...
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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 ofvoluntaryanddonationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It therefore follows that a reduction in provision of welfare by the government will 'crowd in' privatevoluntarydonationto charities.
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I voted for paragraph 9, part 2, on the endowment of the globalisation and adjustment fund by businesses as this is avoluntarydonation.
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The promoters had intended to sell the tickets for £5, plus avoluntarydonationof £20.
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It raises as many funds as possible, but it cannot possibly be expected to meet all the cost byvoluntarydonation.
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It is good that the report asks for extra attention for the encouragement ofvoluntarydonation.
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We must encourage the ethos ofvoluntarydonation, but we cannot ban paid donations.
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We are justly proud of our blood service, and our system ofvoluntarydonation, which we believe to be among the best in the world.
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No one has to worry his head about what is a genuinelyvoluntarydonation.
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They give less time by thevoluntarydonationof their lunch hours to out-of-school activities and teaching sport.
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Voluntarydonationis preferable but not always possible.
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Our amendments to the directive satisfy those, like me, who have always fought to strengthen public policy in favour of non-remuneratedvoluntarydonation.
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Voluntarydonationoften conceals the motivation to make a profit of a certain type and therefore to exploit the situation.
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Where there is a simplevoluntarydonationto charity, it is not and will not be subject to any form of duty.
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In these circumstances thevoluntarydonationwill be exempt from duty.
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One has only to look at countries that are now moving away from paid donor schemes to systems based uponvoluntarydonation.
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Some of them have taken advantage of that by opening shops, others by putting on charges and others by imposing avoluntarydonation.
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Despite the denials that we have heard from so many sources, it is recognised that the purchase of lottery tickets has affected thevoluntarydonationmade to charities.
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The centre is supported byvoluntarydonationand is now equipped with a spiral computed tomography, two magnetic resonance imaging units and a positron emission tomography scanner.
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