Donation
Donation , noun
[Latin donatio; compare French donation.]
1.
The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.
2.
That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.
And some donation freely to estate
On the bless'd lovers.
3.
(Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. — Bouvier
Collocations (1)
Donation party , a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [United States] — Bartlett