noun (plural charities)
1 [C] 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 [U] 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 [U] (formal) kindness and sympathy towards other people, especially when you are judging them:
Her article showed no charity towards her former friends.
IDIOMS
charity begins at home (saying) you should help and care for your own family, etc. before you start helping other people
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for charity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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