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Webster 1913 Edition
Donor
1.
One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor. Inverse of
recipient
. 2.
(Law)
One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; – the opposite of
donee
. Kent.
Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the
donors
and granters as the donees or grantees. Spelman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Donor
DONOR
,Noun.
1.
One who gives or bestows; one who confers any thing gratuitously; a benefactor.2.
One who grants an estate; as, a conditional fee may revert to the donor, if the donee has no heirs of his body.Definition 2024
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See also: Donor
English
Alternative forms
- donour (obsolete)
Noun
donor (plural donors)
- One who donates, typically, money.
- (chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
- a carbonyl donor molecule
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
one who donates
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