donative

American  

[don-uh-tiv, doh-nuh-] / ˈdɒn ə tɪv, ˈdoʊ nə- /

noun

1. a gift or donation.

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donative British  

/ ˈdəʊnətɪv /

noun

1. a gift or donation

2. a benefice capable of being conferred as a gift

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adjective

1. of or like a donation

2. being or relating to a benefice

Etymology

Origin of donative

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin dōnātīvum, noun use of neuter of dōnātīvus gratuitous, equivalent to dōnāt ( us ) ( see donation) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

The officials said that in the measures announced Monday, the United States would lift the cap on family remittances, previously set to $1,000 per quarter, and authorize donative remittances to non-family members.

From Reuters • May 16, 2022

Let a donative be distributed among them; and, 'by-the-bye, I have always forgotten it, your legion should be called the Legion of Syria.

From Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

To those that need it not, in that kind, and so cannot have it by his own hand, he sends a donative of health in sending his physician.

From Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel by Donne, John

Their choice for a successor was an old and wealthy senator, Didius Julianus, who purchased his nomination by the promise of a high donative.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

A liberal donative to the soldiers, by whom I was fondly beloved, would have secured their fidelity, and consequently would have forced the Senate and people to yield to my inclination. 

From Dialogues of the Dead by Morley, Henry