DONATIVES Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

donatives

noun

plural of donative

as in bonuses

something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed the support of the military was bought with a large donative to a couple of well-placed generals

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as in donations

something given to someone without expectation of a return regarded her annual bonus as a just recompense for her job performance and not as some corporate donative

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Noun

Last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled the bill for a 20% incentive, which with bonuses could bring the total rebate to 30%.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
Consider a system of bonuses for AI usage to incentivize and appreciate AI adoption on a corporate level and create a culture of internal AI champions across departments.

— Eleonora Liapina, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of bonuses

Noun

The presentation extends to Brazilian stationery, gifts, homeware and jewelry brands including Fine Prints, MH Studio, Paper House, Dipa Farm and Ju Scarpa, as well as international additions such as Borsalino, Monies, Sermoneta and Olympia Le-Tan.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
After the transfer, taxpayers can invest and potentially grow the funds for future gifts to their public charity of choice.

— Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of gifts

Noun

The signatories to Monday’s letter, seen by CNBC, pointed out that their six countries finance almost 40% of all member countries’ contributions to the budget.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
The honor recognizes recognizes filmmakers whose bodies of work have made significant contributions to contemporary cinema.

— Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of contributions

Noun

IvyCraft is designed for researchers, students, educators, content creators, consultants, and teams that regularly turn source material into presentations, videos, podcasts, or visual content.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
The closet, originally called Okra Suits, provided business attire to students for career fairs, presentations, job interviews and special events.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of presentations

Noun

Each square contains a solid milk chocolate treat shaped like presents, mini santas, mini snowmen or mini toy soldiers.

— Tim Chan, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Presented by Compass Rose Theater presents award winning musical featuring Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang.

— Jamie Chapman, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of presents

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