What (who) is donor - definition

PERSON WHO DONATES, USUALLY MONEY

Donors

donor

['d??n?, -n?:]

¦ noun

1. a person who donates something.

2. Chemistry an atom or molecule that provides a pair of electrons in forming a coordinate bond.

3. Physics an impurity atom in a semiconductor which contributes conducting electrons to the material.

Origin

ME: from OFr. doneur, from L. donator, from donare 'give'.

donor

Giver, bestower; (law) donator.

donor

1) an anonymous donor

2) a blood; organ donor

Wikipedia

Donor

A donor in general is a person, organization or government which donates something voluntarily. The term is usually used to represent a form of pure altruism, but is sometimes used when the payment for a service is recognized by all parties as representing less than the value of the donation and that the motivation is altruistic. In business law a donor is someone who is giving the gift (law), and a donee the person receiving the gift.

More broadly, the term is used to refer to any entity that serves as the source of something transferred to a different entity, including - in scientific fields - the source of matter or energy passed from one object to another.

The Online Etymology Dictionary traces the English-language word "donor" back to the mid-15th century, with origins in Anglo-French, Old French, Latin and Proto-Indo-European.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donor

Pronunciation examples for donor

1. donor care.

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2. in donor one and donor four,

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3. and especially donor money,

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4. Being a surrogate donor

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5. He's my donor.

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Examples of use of donor

1. To join the NHS Organ Donor Register call the Organ Donor Line on 0845 60 60 400 or visit www.uktransplant.org.uk.

2. Kind of down at third or fourth [are] donor advocacy, donor protection." Mendez‘s surgeon at Johns Hopkins, Dr.

3. Lord Sainsbury, its biggest donor, received '5,000.

4. Donor nations aren‘t giving enough development funds.

5. Organ bank workers would then assess whether the person was a suitable donor, determine whether they had an organ donor card or were listed on an organ donor registry, and try to locate a family member to give consent.