noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
anonymous donor/benefactor
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the anonymous donor of a large sum of money
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
anonymous
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A low interest loan from an anonymous benefactor allowed the concrete floor to go in.
generous
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The local charities found in him a generous benefactor .
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One of the late owners, one Mr Raines, planted about 1,000 trees and was a generous benefactor to the school.
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He refers to errors in the generous benefactor to the Club, later becoming President.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Getty had been the museum's chief benefactor .
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The museum received $5 million from an unnamed benefactor .
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The painting was bought by an anonymous benefactor , and donated to the Museum of Modern Art.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both sides, the benefactor and beneficiary, were equally needy.
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During his short stay in Madeira, he was a great benefactor of the island.
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Fifty four years later the boys and their families came together again to honour their benefactors in the garden at the Manor.
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It is doubtful whether fiction writers are public benefactors, or their publishers philanthropists.
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Kazanow grins sheepishly at the cheers before rejoining the fray below, the easy warmth between band and benefactor plainly apparent.
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Much effort went into tracing remote family connections abroad on the off chance of identifying a benefactor .