donation party

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donation party - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Donation \Do*na"tion\, n. [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]
     1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
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              After donation there is an absolute change and
              alienation of the property of the thing given.
        --South.
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     2. That which is given as a present; that which is
        transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.
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              And some donation freely to estate
              On the bless'd lovers.                --Shak.
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     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.
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     Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one,
        as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.]
        --Bartlett.
  
     Syn: Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift.
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