charity

Definition

Examples

The company donates part of its profits to a local charity.

Synonyms

• nonprofitan organization chartered for other than profit-making activities
• philanthropyvoluntary promotion of human welfare
• benevolencedisposition to do good

Collocations

• Easy volunteer at the local homeless charity
  to volunteer at the local homeless charity, meaning to tell voluntarily
• Medium host an extravagant annual charity gala
  to host an extravagant annual charity gala, meaning to be the host of or for
• Hard remember that charity begins at home proverb
  to remember that charity begins at home proverb, meaning to recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
• Very Hard cold as professional charity without compassion
  describing cold as professional charity without compassion (a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs))