largesse

noun

lar·gesse lär-ˈzhes

lär-ˈjes

also ˈlär-ˌjes

variants or less commonly largess

Synonyms of largesse next

: liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior

a philanthropist known for his largesse

also : something so given

projects depending on a flow of federal largesse

: generosity

his generosity of spirit, an absolutely natural largesse—

Harvey Breit

Examples of largesse in a Sentence

He relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.

Recent Examples on the Web As further federal largesse seem unlikely, this raises a question: Is Epic’s relative success the absolute best case for digital health companies selling software to providers? —

Seth Joseph, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023 But Tesla’s volatile CEO has a history of very vocal opposition to these subsidies and the governments that pass them—all while building an empire off the federal largesse provided to his companies. —

Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023 How to take public transit to see Taylor Swift at SoFi Stadium July 31, 2023 The Eras tour also arrives amid a labor fight about how L.A.’s entertainment largesse is shared. —

Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023 Instead, bask in others’ generosity, with Jupiter spreading its largesse on the 7th. —

Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Aug. 2023 But economists argue the fiscal largesse of recent years is providing an unshakable economic boost to manufacturing. —

Bryan Mena, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023 From Netflix to Reddit to Twitter and beyond, the signs are everywhere that the days of seemingly unlimited tech largesse are rapidly coming to an end. —

Matt Weinberger, Fortune, 26 June 2023 For producers in places like South Korea, the impact of this largesse is complicated. —

Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023 Democrats continued to benefit from the largesse of Pritzker, a billionaire entrepreneur and Hyatt Hotels heir who gave $1 million each to his party’s candidates for secretary of state, Alexi Giannoulias, and attorney general, Kwame Raoul, in September. —

Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2022 See More

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