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Found 3 hits - Term: largesse, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
largess \lar"gess\, largesse \lar"gesse\ laumrje^s" or
   laumr"je^s, n. f. largesse, fr. large. see large, a.
   1. liberality; generosity; bounty. obs.
      1913 webster

            fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. a present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
      1913 webster

            the heralds finished their proclamation with their
            usual cry of "largesse, largesse, gallant knights"
            and gold and silver pieces were showered on them
            from the galleries.                   --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster
see also:
large 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
largesse
     n 1: a gift or money given as for service or out of
          benevolence; usually given ostentatiously syn: largess
     2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and
        generous of spirit syn: munificence, largess, magnanimity,
         openhandedness
see also:
largess munificence magnanimity openhandedness 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 moby thesaurus words for "largesse":
   aid, alms, bonuses, bounty, charity, donations, endowments,
   generosity, gifts, grants, largess, liberality, munificence,
   philanthropy, presents, subsidy, subvention, support





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