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contribution - 19 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | contribution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, offering |
| Synonyms: | a hand, addition, alms, augmentation, benefaction, beneficence, bestowal, charity, do one's part, donation, gifting, grant, handout, helping hand, improvement, increase, input, present, significant addition, subscription, supplement, write-off |
| Main Entry: | alms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | handout |
| Synonyms: | aid, assistance, benefaction, charity, contribution, dole, donation, offering |
| Main Entry: | donation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift |
| Synonyms: | a hand, aid, allowance, alms, appropriation, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, boon, charity, contribution, do one's part, dole, endowment, gifting, grant, gratuity, handout, help, helping hand* largess, lump, offering, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, write-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dues |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment for membership |
| Synonyms: | ante, assessment, charge, collection, contribution, custom, debit, debt, duty, fee, kickback, levy, liability, obligation, pay, protection, tax, toll, arrearage, charges, rates |
| Main Entry: | grant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allowance, gift |
| Synonyms: | admission, allocation, allotment, alms, appropriation, assistance, award, benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, charity, concession, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fellowship, gratuity, handout, lump, present, privilege, reward, scholarship, stipend, subsidy |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, loss |
| Main Entry: | gratuity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, tip |
| Synonyms: | alms, benefaction, bonus, boon, bounty, contribution, donation, fringe benefit, offering, perk*, perquisite, present, recompense, reward, salve*, token, grease palm, largesse, little something, sweetener |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | investment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given, lent for a return |
| Synonyms: | advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, interests, investing, smart money, spec, vested interests |
| Antonyms: | divestment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | donation |
| Synonyms: | alms, atonement, charity, contribution, gift, oblation, present, sacrifice, subscription, bene-faction, beneficence, expiation |
| Antonyms: | withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | philanthropy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humanitarianism |
| Synonyms: | alms, altruism, assistance, benefaction, charity, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, generosity, helping hand, relief, alms-giving, beneficence, gifting, good works |
| Main Entry: | share |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | portion, allotment |
| Synonyms: | allowance, apportionment, bite, chunk, claim, commission, contribution, cut, cut in, cut up, divide, dividend, division, dose, drag*, due, end, fraction, fragment, helping, heritage, interest, lagniappe, lot, measure, parcel, part, percentage, piece, pittance, plum, proportion, quantum, quota, quotient, ration, segment, serving, slice, split, stake, taste, whack*, divvy, fifty-fifty*, halver, meed, partage, points, quotum, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | whole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subsidy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money given to help another |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allowance, appropriation, assistance, bequest, bonus, bounty, contribution, endowment, fellowship, gift, grant, gratuity, help, honorarium, indemnity, payment, pension, premium, reward, scholarship, support, tribute, financial aid, subsidization, subvention |
| Main Entry: | subscription |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consent |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, agreement, approval, contribution, dues, pledge, support |
| Main Entry: | allowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount of money or other supply |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allocation, allotment, apportionment, bequest, bite*, bounty, commission, contribution, cut, endowment, fee, fellowship, gift, grant, honorarium, inheritance, interest, legacy, lot, measure, part, pay, pension, piece, portion, prize, quantity, quota, ration, recompense, salary, scholarship, share, slice, stint, stipend, subsidy, taste, wage, annuity, remittance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | generosity, gift |
| Synonyms: | alms, assistance, benefaction, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, hand*, helping hand, oblation, offering, philanthropy, relief, alms-giving, beneficence, gifting, hand-out, largesse, write-off |
| Antonyms: | stealing, taking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | convenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | availability, usefulness; useful thing |
| Synonyms: | accessibility, accessory, accommodation, advancement, advantage, aid, amenity, appliance, appropriateness, assistance, avail, benefit, comfort, contribution, cooperation, decency, ease, enjoyment, facility, fitness, furtherance, help, life, luxury, means, ministry, promotion, relief, satisfaction, service, succor, suitability, support, use, utility, agreeableness, comforts, handiness, ministration, openness, opportuneness, receptiveness, serviceability, suitableness, time saver |
| Antonyms: | inconvenience, waste, inexpedience, inutility, unsuitability, uselessness |
| Main Entry: | gift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given freely, for no recompense |
| Synonyms: | allowance, alms, award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bonus, boon, bounty, charity, contribution, courtesy, dispensation, donation, endowment, favor, grant, gratuity, hand, hand-me-down*, handout, honorarium, lagniappe, legacy, libation, oblation, offering, philanthropy, pittance, premium, present, presentation, provision, ration, relief, remembrance, reward, souvenir, subscription, subsidy, tip, token, tribute, bestowal, fairing, giveaway, goodie, largesse, offertory, remittance, write-off |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, loss, penalty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tax |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge levied by government on property, income |
| Synonyms: | assessment, bite*, contribution, cost, custom, dues, duty, excise, expense, fine, imposition, impost, levy, obligation, pork barrel*, price, rate, salvage, tariff, toll, tribute, brokerage, capitation, giveaway, tithe, towage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | benefaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charitable donation |
| Synonyms: | aid, alms, contribution, donation, endowment, gift, legacy, relief |
| Main Entry: | job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task |
| Synonyms: | act, action, affair, assignment, burden, business, care, charge, chore, commission, concern, contribution, deed, duty, effort, enterprise, errand, function, matter, mission, obligation, office, operation, project, province, pursuit, responsibility, role, stint, task, thing*, tour of duty, undertaking, venture, work, devoir, taskwork |
| Antonyms: | fun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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