charities
CHAIR-uh-teez/ˈt͡ʃɛɹətiz/UKCHA-ri-teez/ˈtʃæɹɪtiz/
- 1Plural of charity.
Several local charities pooled their resources after the flood.
The new tax rules affect how charities report their donations.
Note
The plural belongs mostly to the organizations: charities are bodies set up to carry out a charitable purpose. It can also count the gifts themselves, the goods or money handed to those in need. Benevolence as a virtue normally stays singular, so when generosity rather than institutions is meant, English says acts of charity or simply charity, not charities.
charities is a form of charity
charity, noun: Kindness toward people who are less fortunate, expressed by giving them goods or money. Full entry
- Forms
- charitycharities plural
- Spelling
- charity → charities: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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