Collocations withcharity
These are words often used in combination withcharity.
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act of charity
After taking our land they gave us patches of it as in an act of charity, only to dominate us.
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bogus charity
The only reason there are so many bogus charities to-day is that the police have not got the power with which to prevent these collections.
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charity auction
A charity auction was held to name the main character.
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charity care
The institution is the major provider of charity care within the state.
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charity concert
After one charity concert, there were no live performances until 1989.
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charity event
A young policewoman was turned away from a charity event because she is confined to a wheelchair.
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charity organization
The school's racially discriminatory charter made it ineligible to operate as a tax-exempt charity organization.
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health charities
To that end, officials have been liaising closely with a number of organisations, including mental health charities and interested individuals.
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local charity
The administration of local charity was, undoubtedly, a perennial sore in the politics of the late nineteenth-century parish.
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numerous charity
These were in addition to the numerous charity and local community performances the choir performs throughout the year.
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private charity
Sometimes the existence of private charity enabled parishes to delay using the rates for casual relief, or at least helped to meet this need.
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registered charity
Although "registered charity" is a definition up to a point, it is a wide one and certainly would not be adequate for this purpose.
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religious charity
Considered an act of religious charity, the associated ideology in kanyadan marriage deemed that nothing could be taken in exchange for the bride.
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various charity
Various charity trusts were named after him and other members of his family, funded from his private income, which continue in existence today.
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works of charity
He gave of himself totally in carrying out his priestly duties and in works of charity.
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