donor

n.

1. One that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund.
2. Medicine. An individual from whom blood, tissue, or an organ is taken for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.
3. Chemistry. An atom, molecule, or ion that provides a part to combine with an acceptor, especially an atom that provides two electrons to form a bond with another atom.
4. Electronics. An element introduced into a semiconductor with a negative valence greater than that of the pure semiconductor.

adj. Medicine
Used for transfusion, implantation, or transplant: a donor organ.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman donour, from Latin dōnātor, from dōnāre, to give. See donation.]

An atom, ion, or molecule that provides a pair of electrons in forming a coordinate bond.

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Individual who donates property to another through a Trust. Also called a grantor. Donors also make tax-deductible charitable contributions of securities or physical property to nonprofit institutions such as schools, philanthropic groups, and religious organizations.

1. Person or organization who orders and pays for a gift, such as a magazine subscription or book. Donors can be divided into types, such as recipient donors, who themselves subscribe to the magazine being given, or nonrecipient donors, who do not subscribe to the magazine being given. Donors are sent promotions asking them to renew gift subscriptions they have given and are a good source of new business as well. See also contributor list; donee; donor control; donor promotion.

2. Benefactor of a charity.

One who gives.
Example: Whitman was the donor of land that she gave to charity; she had owned the land in Fee Simple.

noun

A person who gives to a charity or cause: benefactor, benefactress, contributor, donator, giver. See give/take/reciprocity.

n

Definition: giver
Antonyms: recipient

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The party conferring a power. One who makes a gift. One who creates a trust.

1. an organism that supplies living tissue to be used in another body, as an animal which furnishes blood for transfusion, or an organ for transplantation.
2. a substance or compound that contributes part of itself to another substance (acceptor).

IN BRIEF: A person who gives something.

For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic. — Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet and critic.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - giver, donor, elektronafgivende atom/molekyle, donorurenhed

idioms:

• donor card    donorkort

Nederlands (Dutch)
donor, donateur

Français (French)
n. - donateur, (Méd) donneur (organes, sang)

idioms:

• donor card    carte de donneur d'organes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Spender, Stifter

idioms:

• donor card    Organspendeausweis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δωρητής, δότης, χορηγός

idioms:

• donor card    κάρτα δωρητή οργάνων

Italiano (Italian)
donatore

idioms:

• donor card    certificato di donatore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - doador (m)

idioms:

• donor card    carteira (f) de doador

Русский (Russian)
донор

idioms:

• donor card    карточка донора внутренних органов

Español (Spanish)
n. - donante, donatario

idioms:

• donor card    tarjeta de donación de órganos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - donator

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
捐款人, 捐助人, 捐赠人

idioms:

• donor card    器官捐赠卡

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 捐款人, 捐助人, 捐贈人

idioms:

• donor card    器官捐贈卡

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 제공자, 도너 (반도체에 섞여서 자유 전자를 증가 시키는 불순물)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 寄贈者, 提供者, 献血者

idioms:

• donor card    ドナーカード

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المتبرع ( بمال أو دم أو عضو من أعضاء جسده مثلا)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תורם, מנדב‬

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