largesse
Openhanded giving spirit
Largesse is generous giving, especially by someone with wealth or power: The foundation's largesse funded three new hospitals.
The word carries a whiff of nobility or patronage—a king distributing largesse to subjects, a billionaire's largesse toward the arts.
It can also mean the gifts themselves or a general spirit of liberality.
Lavish, princely generosity
- liberalityGenerous spirit or giving
- openhandednessLiberal giving disposition
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
- magnanimityGenerous, noble spirit
philanthropy · charitableness · bounty · giving · charity · altruism · kindness · graciousness
Charitable gift or deed
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- bequestGift left by will
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- grantBestow or award money
contribution · alms · bestowal · patronage · gift · present · offering · handout
Ample supply, overflowing
- affluenceAbundance of money
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- opulenceShowy, abundant prosperity
plenty · fortune · treasure · profusion · copiousness · luxury · richness · plenitude
Illicit payment for favor
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- payoffCulminating benefit received
- graftIllicit political gain
- bakshishTip or bribe payment
inducement · sweetener · palm-greasing · hush money · slush fund · corruption
munificence
Lavish, princely generosity
- liberalityGenerous spirit or giving
- openhandednessLiberal giving disposition
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
magnanimity · philanthropy · charitableness · bounty · giving · charity · altruism · kindness · graciousness · unselfishness
benefaction
Charitable gift or deed
grant · contribution · alms · bestowal · patronage · gift · present · offering · handout · disbursement
abundance
Ample supply, overflowing
- affluenceAbundance of money
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- prosperityGood fortune, success
opulence · plenty · fortune · treasure · profusion · copiousness · luxury · richness · plenitude · surplus
bribe
Illicit payment for favor
bakshish · inducement · sweetener · palm-greasing · hush money · slush fund · corruption
- chivalryknighthood, knights, chivalry, medieval knights, honor
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donation, donations, contribution
- charitycharity, charities, donations, donation, donating
- generositygiving, benevolence, donations, magnanimity, gifts
- givinggift, give, donating, donation, donate
- Magnanimitygenerosity, forgiveness, mercy, charity, benevolence
largessestinginess
Excessive reluctance to spend
miserliness · parsimony · meanness · tightfistedness · niggardliness
largessepittance
Insultingly small payment
scraps · crumbs · bare minimum · token gesture · penuriousness
largessepittance
Insultingly small payment
meagerness · scantiness · paucity · frugality · thrift