charitable contribution

collocation in English

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charitable
adjective
uk
/ˈtʃær.ə.tə.bəl/us
/ˈtʃer.ə.t̬ə.bəl/
giving money, food, or help free to those who are in need because they are ill, poor, or have ...
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contribution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make ...
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(Definition ofcharitableandcontributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is a commonly held misconception in this country that aid to developing countries is acharitablecontribution.
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Where is the value for money in closing an existing hospital and starting a new facility for which the privatecharitablecontributioncannot provide even half of the estimated cost?
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The award is usually given to a person who made a substantialcharitablecontributionduring the season.
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Communications remained limited and additional transmitters were provided bycharitablecontributionto a total of seven.
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Understanding issues in context is valuable to the donor looking to make the greatest impact with acharitablecontribution.
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The donation of a conservation easement may be considered acharitablecontribution.
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Medline would only get $65 million, because the company agreed to make a $20 millioncharitablecontributionback to the city.
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Medline would have received $65 million because the company agreed to make a $20 millioncharitablecontributionback to the city.
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I wish to speak now of particular objections to variable tax relief for charitable contributions.
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In the case of charitable contributions the details of all contributions in excess of £50 must appear in a register at the company's offices.
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I think we all agree that there is a distinction between charitable contributions and political contributions, and therefore they must be dealt with separately.
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It receives charitable contributions and a lottery grant.
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The attempt to separate out political contributions from charitable contributions and from every other expenditure of a company is highly artificial.
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There they have taken the view that it is unfair to impose upon institutions maintained out of charitable contributions the heavy burdens represented by rates.
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It also had a list of the charitable contributions made by certain wealthy families, and in many cases they were remarkably generous.
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If one makes a mistake in attaching to the accounts a statement regarding charitable contributions, an offence is, technically, committed.
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But it is unreasonable to expect charitable contributions to pick up the full cost of a national problem.
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But this seems more like poorer countries making charitable contributions to prosperous ones.
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He was one of the officials mentioned of societies living by charitable contributions.
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The other question was as to charitable contributions in the constituencies.
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