charity
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
charity/ˈtʃarəti/
▶noun (pl. charities)
- 1 an organization set up to provide help and raise money for those in need.
- 2 the voluntary giving of money to those in need.
■ help or money given in this way.
- 3 tolerance in judging others.
- 4 archaic love of humankind, typically in a Christian context.
– origin OE: from OFr. charite, from L. caritas, from carus ‘dear’.
'charity' also found in these Oxford entries:
affinity card
- almshouse
- -athon
- beg
- benefit
- bountiful
- bring-and-buy sale
- caritas
- charitable
- covenant
- deacon
- deed of covenant
- donation
- fete
- flag
- flag day
- fun run
- jumble sale
- kermis
- patron
- pledge
- rag
- sponsor
- telethon
- theological virtues
- thrift shop
