charity

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An organization to which you give money so that it can give money and help to people who are poor or ill, or who need advice and support

US /ˈtʃer.ə.t̬i/ 
UK /ˈtʃær.ə.ti/ 

موسسه‌ى خيريه‌

مثال: 

He left his belongings to local charities.

او دارايى‌ خود را براى سازمان‌هاى خيريه‌ى محلى‌ به‌ جاى گذاشت‌.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

charity

 noun

1 (plural charities) an organization that collects money to help people who need it:
The Red Cross is a charity.
They give a lot of money to charity.

2 (no plural) being kind and helping other people

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

charity

charity S3 W3 /ˈtʃærəti, ˈtʃærɪti/ noun (plural charities)
 [Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: charité, from Late Latin caritas 'Christian love', from Latin carus 'dear']
 1. [countable] an organization that gives money, goods, or help to people who are poor, sick etc ⇨ charitable:
   • Several charities sent aid to the flood victims.
  charity event/walk/concert etc (=an event organized to collect money for a charity)
 2. [uncountable] charity organizations in general:
   • All the money raised by the concert will go to charity.
  for charity
   • The children raised over £200 for charity.
 3. [uncountable] money or gifts given to help people who are poor, sick etc:
   • refugees living on charity
   • Her pride wouldn’t allow her to accept charity.
 4. [uncountable] formal kindness or sympathy that you show towards other people:
   • Mother Teresa’s works of charity
   • Newspaper reports showed him little charity.
 5. charity begins at home a phrase meaning that you should take care of your own family, country etc before you help other people
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COLLOCATIONS(for Meanings 1 & 2)■ verbs

   ▪ give something to charityI like to give a small amount of what I earn to charity.
   ▪ donate something to charity (=give something to charity)She sold all her jewellery and donated the money to charity.
   ▪ go to charityAny profit that she makes from her writing goes to charity.
   ▪ raise money/funds for charityA huge amount is raised for charity by the festival.
   ▪ support a charity (=give money to one)Do you support any charities?

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + charity

   ▪ a local charity (=one that operates near the place where you live)All the money raised goes to local charities.
   ▪ an international charity (=one that operates all over the world)The Red Cross is a well-known international charity.
   ▪ a national charity (=one that operates throughout a country)Help the Aged is a national charity representing older people.
   ▪ a cancer charity (=one that raises money to treat or cure cancer)The event raised thousands of pounds for a cancer charity.

■ charity + NOUN

   ▪ a charity shop (=one that gives the money it makes to a charity)Give your old clothes to a charity shop.
   ▪ a charity event (=one organized to collect money for a charity)She spoke at a charity event in aid of famine relief.
   ▪ a charity match/concert/show etcThe band appeared at a charity concert for free.
   ▪ a charity worker (=someone who works for a charity, often without pay)Charity workers say these reforms will not help the poor.
   ▪ a charity appeal (=an act of asking people to give money to a charity)The organization is launching a charity appeal for a new air ambulance.
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THESAURUS

   ▪ organization a group of people, companies, or countries, which is set up for a particular purpose: • Greenpeace is an international organization that protects the environment. | • the World Health Organization
   ▪ institution a large important organization such as a bank, church, or university: • The University is an important academic institution. | • financial institutions such as banks
   ▪ association an organization for people in a particular profession, sport, or activity, which officially represents its members – often used in names: • I met a representative of the National Association of Teachers. | • the Football Association
   ▪ party an organization of people with the same political aims which you can vote for in elections: • Which political party do you support? | • He voted for the Republican Party’s candidate.
   ▪ body an important group of people who make the rules and advise people about what should be allowed: • the sport’s governing body | • The government has set up an advisory body.
   ▪ club/society an organization for people who share an interest, for example a sport: • We belong to a tennis club. | • I joined the university film society.
   ▪ union an organization formed by workers in order to protect their rights: • The union ordered its members out on strike.
   ▪ charity an organization which collects money to help people who are poor, sick etc and does not make any profit for itself: • She has raised a lot of money for local charities.
   ▪ quango British English disapproving an organization set up by the government, which has official power but whose members have not been elected: • the amount of money that is wasted on government quangos

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

charity

char·ity [charity charities]   [ˈtʃærəti]    [ˈtʃærəti]  noun (pl. char·ities)

1. countable an organization for helping people in need

• Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine.

• The concert will raise money for local charities.

2. uncountable the aim of giving money, food, help, etc. to people who are in need

• Most of the runners in the London Marathon are raising money for charity.

• Do you give much to charity?

• a charity concert (= organized to get money for charity)

• to live on/off charity (= to live on money which other people give you because you are poor)

3. uncountable (formal) kindness and sympathy towards other people, especially when you are judging them

• Her article showed no charity towards her former friends.

Idiom: charity begins at home 

 

Word Origin:

late Old English (in the sense ‘Christian love of one's fellows’): from Old French charite, from Latin caritas, from carus ‘dear’.

 

Culture:

charities

Charities are independent organizations that help the poor, the homeless, children, old people and animals. They are involved with human rights, education, medical research and conservation of the environment. Many of them began in the time before governments provided any social services, when poor people had to turn to charitable organizations for help. Charities rely on money given by the public, and on help from volunteers in fund-raising and carrying out their activities.

In 2003 there were about 187 000 charities in Britain, with a total income of £30 billion. The charity with the highest income was Cancer Research UK. Many charities that are now well known throughout the world, such as Oxfam and Amnesty International, began in Britain. Americans are also enthusiastic supporters of charities. In 2002 they gave over $240 billion. The Salvation Army received the most money.

In Britain organizations qualify for charitable status if they are established for the ‘public good’. Many charities ask well-known people, including members of the royal family, to become their patrons. Charities do not pay tax on the money they receive, but they are not allowed to make a profit.

Charities in Britain are not allowed to take part in political activity, so some set up a separate pressure group which campaigns on related issues. The Charity Commission keeps a list of charities and advises them. Well-known charities working in Britain include Oxfam, the British Heart Foundation, which pays for research into heart disease, Barnardo's, Age Concern, Help the Aged and Shelter

In the US religious organizations receive most money from the public, followed by those concerned with social services, education and health. Well-known charities include the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, the United Negro College Fund, which helps African Americans get an education, and the American Cancer Society. Local charities operate shelters for the homeless and soup kitchens where poor people can eat free.

A lot of the work done by charities in the US, such as caring for the poor or providing education, is done in other countries by the government. Americans have a strong belief that, if possible, private groups, not the government, should do this work.

The traditional method of raising money is to organize a flag day. Volunteers stand in busy streets asking members of the public to put money in a collecting tin. In exchange, they are given a paper sticker, formerly a small paper flag with a pin through it, with the charity’s name on it. This is sometimes called ‘tin-rattling’. The British Legion's flag day, called Poppy Day, has become a feature of British life.

Nearly every town in Britain has several charity shops. These are run by volunteer staff and sell second-hand clothes, books and household goods at low prices in aid of charity. Some shops, e.g. Oxfam shops, also sell goods made by people who are benefiting from the charity’s work. At Christmas, people often buy charity cards, cards sold in aid of charity. Charity shops

(AmE thrift shops). are less common in the US, but include shops run by the Salvation Army and Goodwill.

In recent years, the telethon has proved an effective method of fund-raising. During an evening of popular television programmes, television stars ask the public to telephone and pledge (= promise) money to the charities involved. The Comic Relief evening in Britain and the muscular dystrophy telethon in the US are the most famous. Other fund-raising activities include fêtes (= outdoor sales of craftwork, plants, etc.) and jumble sales (= sales of second-hand goods). Sponsored walks, cycle rides, even parachute jumps, where people agree to give money to a person completing a task, are also popular. At Christmas or Thanksgiving, schools and churches organize collections of food, called food drives in the US, for old people and the poor.

An important source of funds for charities in Britain is the National Lottery, which gives a proportion of its income to ‘good causes’.

In both Britain and the US many workers have money taken from their pay and sent to charity. This is called payroll giving. Some companies in the US hold fund-raising drives, in which different parts of the company compete to see which of them pledges the most money. The United Way, a national organization that collects money to give to small local charities, benefits from this. As in Britain, many people leave money to charity in their will. It is also common, when somebody dies, for the family to ask people to send a contribution to a charity instead of sending flowers to the funeral.

 

Thesaurus:

charity noun

1. C

• helping local charities

cause • • foundation • |law trust

a charity/foundation/trust for sth

a national/private/independent/family/educational/medical/conservation/housing charity/foundation/trust

help/support a charity/cause/foundation/trust

2. U

• raising money for charity

aid • • relief • • welfare • |sometimes disapproving handout

ask for/get/receive charity/aid/relief/welfare

give (sb) charity/aid/relief/handouts

rely/depend on charity/welfare/handouts

 

Example Bank:

• She runs a charity for homeless young people.

• The school raised a lot of money for charity.

• The school raised over a hundred pounds for charity.

• They are proud people who don't accept charity.

• They have no money and are forced to live on charity.

• a charity for sick children

• He refused to live off charity.

• He replied patiently, with more charity than I deserved.

• Most of the runners in the London Marathon are raising money for charity.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

charity / ˈtʃær.ɪ.ti /   / ˈtʃer.ɪ.t̬i / noun [ C or U ] (GIVING)

B1 a system of giving money, food, or help free to those who are in need because they are ill, poor, or have no home, or any organization that has the purpose of providing money or helping in this way:

She does a lot of work for charity.

People tend to give to (= give money to) charity at Christmas time.

Proceeds from the sale of these cards will go to (= be given to) local charities.

UNICEF is an international charity.

They did a charity performance on the first night, to raise money for AIDS research.
 

charity / ˈtʃær.ɪ.ti /   / ˈtʃer.ɪ.t̬i / noun [ U ] formal (KIND)

C2 the quality of being kind to people and not judging them in a severe way

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

charity

 

[tʃæ̱rɪti]

 charities
 1) N-COUNT: oft supp N A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are ill, disabled, or very poor.
  The National Trust is a registered charity.
  ...an Aids charity.
 2) N-UNCOUNT If you give money to charity, you give it to one or more charitable organizations. If you do something for charity, you do it in order to raise money for one or more charitable organizations.
  He made substantial donations to charity...
  Gooch will be raising money for charity.
  ...a charity event.
 3) N-UNCOUNT People who live on charity live on money or goods which other people give them because they are poor.
  She was very proud was my mum. She wouldn't accept charity...
  Her husband is unemployed and the family depends on charity.
 4) N-UNCOUNT Charity is kindness and understanding towards other people. [FORMAL]
 5) PHRASE: V inflects If you say charity begins at home, you mean that people should deal with the needs of people close to them before they think about helping others.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

charity

char·i·ty /ˈʧerəti/ noun, pl -ties
1 [noncount] : the act of giving money, food, or other kinds of help to people who are poor, sick, etc.
• The holidays are a time for charity and good will. also; : something (such as money or food) that is given to people who are poor, sick, etc.
• She refused to accept charity.
✦The phrase charity begins at home means you should take care of yourself and your family before helping others.
2 a [count] : an organization that helps people who are poor, sick, etc.
• The dinner was held to raise funds for several charities.
• She runs a local charity that gives books to children.
b [noncount] : the organizations that help people in need
• All the money will go to charity.
- often used before another noun
• a charity concert/dinner/event [=a concert/dinner/event held to raise money for a charity]