Donernoun
doner kebab
Donornoun
One who makes a donation.
‘The charity raised $2,000 from various donors.’; ‘The hospital is seeking an organ donor.’;
Donernoun
Goner; someone who is done for.
Donornoun
(chemistry) A group or molecule that donates either a radical, electrons or a moiety in a chemical reaction. Compare acceptor.
‘a carbonyl donor molecule’;
Donornoun
One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor. Inverse of recipient.
Donornoun
One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; - the opposite of donee.
‘Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees.’;
Donornoun
person who makes a gift of property
Donornoun
(medicine) someone who gives blood or tissue or an organ to be used in another person (the host)
Donornoun
a person who donates something, especially money to charity
‘an anonymous donor has given £25’; ‘loans from rich donor countries’;
Donornoun
a person who provides blood, an organ, or semen for transplantation, transfusion, etc.
‘one third of patients die before a suitable donor is found’; ‘a blood donor’;
Donornoun
an atom or molecule that provides a pair of electrons in forming a coordinate bond.
Donornoun
an impurity atom in a semiconductor which contributes a conducting electron to the material.
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.