largesse
or lar·gess
generous bestowal of gifts: Corporate sponsors can keep entire festivals and arenas alive with their largesse, so they need to be strategic about their giving.
a generous gift or gifts, such as of money: With the largesse received from these donors, the hospital has been able to purchase two new MRI machines.
generosity; liberality: He's a man of remarkable largesse of mind, heart, and soul.
Origin of largesse
1Words that may be confused with largesse
- large, largesse
Words Nearby largesse
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How to use largesse in a sentence
Some French politicians also have been known to accept the largesse of Arab benefactors.
The Paris Job: Inside the Epic $335,000 Saudi Stick-Up | Christopher Dickey | August 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRich people need to play-act their financial largesse, so we can hate them for it.
Sting and Hillary Are Just Like You: How the Very Rich Play at Being Very Ordinary | Tim Teeman | June 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith the expanded efforts expiring, there was no move in Congress to continue the largesse.
American weapons, troops, and largesse could never bestow legitimacy on a corrupt and incompetent Saigon regime.
General Giap and the Myth of American Invincibility | James A. Warren | October 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the first time since Chávez launched his revolution, however, that largesse can no longer be taken for granted.
After the Presidential Election, a Tough Road for Hugo Chávez | Mac Margolis | October 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
At last, with the aid of an extravagant largesse, she was conducted to her staterooms.
The Ghost Breaker | Charles GoddardThe least decrepit of the beggars, armed with Helen's largesse of copper coin, had joined them from beneath the portico.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady | Lucas MaletThe small, bullet-headed man had just paid his extravagant bill, distributed his largesse, and was about to depart.
The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson DoddTo his companions he gave gifts with such largesse, that his horse and armour were all that at any time he called his own.
Val d'Arno | John RuskinVarney gave his largesse with an affectation of complaisance and humility.
Kenilworth | Sir Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for largesse
largess
/ (lɑːˈdʒɛs) /
the generous bestowal of gifts, favours, or money
the things so bestowed
generosity of spirit or attitude
Origin of largesse
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