Meaning of charity In English

• 0 an organization whose purpose is to give money, food, or help to those who need it, or to carry out activities such as medical research that will help people in need, and not to make a profit:

  • Proceeds from the sale of these cards will go to (= be given to) local charities.

  • UNICEF is an international charity.

  • a cancer research charity

  • She does a lot of work for charity.

  • People tend to give to (= give money to) charity at Christmas time.

  • They did a charity performance on the first night, to raise money for AIDS research.

• 1 the quality of being kind to people and not judging them in a severe way

• 2 the giving of money, food, or help to those who need it, or an organization that does this:

  • [ U ] She does a lot of work for charity.

  • [ C ] We donate to a number of charities.

  • [ U ] He visits homeless shelters out of charity.

• 3 an organization that has the purpose of providing money or help to people who need it, or that does something useful for society:

  • Proceeds from the sale of these cards will be given to local charities.

  • It's a charity that supports local arts initiatives.

  • As a charity, the organization does not pay tax.

• 4 organizations like this when they are considered as a group:

  • An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to charity.

  • The proceeds of this evening's event will go to charity.

• 5 money or help given to people who need it:

  • They were poor, but they were too proud to accept charity.