Definition of largesse in English:

largesse

(also largess)

noun lɑːˈ(d)ʒɛs

mass noun

1Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others.
慷慨
presumably public money is not dispensed with such largesse to anyone else
Example sentencesExamples
- You know the big lavish parties with corporate largesse paying a lot of money.
- Orange County was a prime beneficiary of Cold War largesse, and the enemy in Washington was their prime economic supplier.
- In reality, of the legions of aspiring writers, directors and producers, only the tiniest minority have benefited from Lottery largesse.
- As beneficiaries of government largesse, these individuals have somehow hijacked the American Dream.
- Thus, it turns out that the declaration of ‘independence’ is dependent upon largesse from the oil conglomerates.
- The GFT has been one of the beneficiaries of business largesse in the last year.
- So wouldn't it be better to live in Scotland and benefit from such largesse rather than live in England and have to pay for it?
- I heard it too and it's not just coppers who are benefitting from this secret largesse, but politicians as well.
- But it remains to be seen whether Bank of Scotland account holders will also benefit from such largesse.
- Having benefitted immensely from her largesse, they cannot believe that the ‘daughter of the soil’ is no more.
- Perhaps they expect to benefit directly from his largesse.
- But a select group of eight York bigwigs have selflessly enjoyed Buckingham Palace largesse on our behalf.
- In the UK, with our more traditional culture of charity and state largesse, time banks have taken a while to establish.
- Although he has no children of his own to inherit his fortune, he does have five nieces and nephews, all of whom benefit from his largesse from time to time.
- The problem with affirmative action, it seems, is that it is dependent upon the largesse and consent of those who have no stake.
- Beneficiaries of her largesse have included the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
- He was quite happy, in fact, to rely upon US training and largesse less than twenty years ago.
- So the developing countries, the main beneficiaries of US largesse, are digging in against other UN reforms unless they get the extra cash.
- Theatre, music, dance, the visual arts - all would benefit from this largesse.
- This incredible Federal Reserve largesse did not go unnoticed by the leveraged speculating community.
Synonyms
generosity, liberality, munificence, bounty, bountifulness, beneficence, benefaction, altruism, charity, philanthropy, magnanimity, benevolence, charitableness, open-handedness, kindness, big-heartedness, great-heartedness, lavishness, free-handedness, unselfishness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, self-denial
historical almsgiving
1. 1.1 Money or gifts given generously.
  慷慨馈赠
  the distribution of largesse to the local population
  对当地人的慷慨馈赠。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This may be because the PLP may use this fund as a mechanism for handing our largesse to their friends.
  Unfortunately, he said, this government was more interested in distribution of largesse on the basis of patronage.
  Where does the FIH get money to distribute such largesse?
  Thou shalt be generous, and give largesse to everyone.
  Instead, they risked being upended by the many people who have felt for some years that there is a lot of largesse sloshing around the nation which has not come their way.
  Of course, I had never seen a weighted, jangling, belly-swollen giant flop down a chimney and gaily dispense his largesse under a Christmas tree.
  You liked new engines, but management was scrupulous in its distribution of such largesse and your share was minute.
  Can no longer function except to distribute billions of taxpayer largesse to politically connected corporations?
  Since then, governments have been nothing less than ingenious in creating ways to bestow largesse on the business world.
  This conjures up the image of Pentagon suits running around with briefcases full of cash, dispensing taxpayer largesse to anyone who asks for it.
  Politicians are elected, power is wielded, contracts are awarded, and government largess is handed out on the basis of tribal affiliations.
  We have managed the Government's finances so well that he has opined that the low debt is crazy, and that National would borrow to dispense largesse to some of its mates.
  ‘All our neighbours have a share of this largesse and many at present are looking for a second bite of the cherry,’ she added.
  In retrospect, Australia's flourishing multiculturalism was built on a fragile base: a booming economy with a wide distribution of its largesse.
  This largesse is heaped upon them by the car company PRs in the hope of keeping the journos on side and writing nice things.
  There is no longer a bottomless pit from which largesse can be dispensed.
  If they dispense largesse for any other reason, they are literally wasting the money of their shareholders.
  Unlike so many diplomats and corporate heads who have a duty to be seen to be distributing largesse in impoverished rural areas, Grant was more than merely visible at events.
  We have a fairly patrician government that in the past handed out largesse that kept us going.
  The distribution of National Lottery largesse is a complicated matter.
  Synonyms
  gifts, presents, donations, handouts, endowments, grants, aid, alms, offerings, favours, contributions
  patronage, sponsorship, backing, help

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin largus 'copious'.

Rhymes

acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes

Definition of largesse in US English:

largesse

(also largess)

noun

1Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others.
慷慨
dispensing his money with such largesse
如此慷慨地处理他的钱财。
Example sentencesExamples
- In reality, of the legions of aspiring writers, directors and producers, only the tiniest minority have benefited from Lottery largesse.
- Although he has no children of his own to inherit his fortune, he does have five nieces and nephews, all of whom benefit from his largesse from time to time.
- I heard it too and it's not just coppers who are benefitting from this secret largesse, but politicians as well.
- Beneficiaries of her largesse have included the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Art Gallery.
- Perhaps they expect to benefit directly from his largesse.
- As beneficiaries of government largesse, these individuals have somehow hijacked the American Dream.
- Thus, it turns out that the declaration of ‘independence’ is dependent upon largesse from the oil conglomerates.
- He was quite happy, in fact, to rely upon US training and largesse less than twenty years ago.
- This incredible Federal Reserve largesse did not go unnoticed by the leveraged speculating community.
- So wouldn't it be better to live in Scotland and benefit from such largesse rather than live in England and have to pay for it?
- Having benefitted immensely from her largesse, they cannot believe that the ‘daughter of the soil’ is no more.
- But a select group of eight York bigwigs have selflessly enjoyed Buckingham Palace largesse on our behalf.
- Theatre, music, dance, the visual arts - all would benefit from this largesse.
- But it remains to be seen whether Bank of Scotland account holders will also benefit from such largesse.
- You know the big lavish parties with corporate largesse paying a lot of money.
- The GFT has been one of the beneficiaries of business largesse in the last year.
- The problem with affirmative action, it seems, is that it is dependent upon the largesse and consent of those who have no stake.
- Orange County was a prime beneficiary of Cold War largesse, and the enemy in Washington was their prime economic supplier.
- In the UK, with our more traditional culture of charity and state largesse, time banks have taken a while to establish.
- So the developing countries, the main beneficiaries of US largesse, are digging in against other UN reforms unless they get the extra cash.
Synonyms
generosity, liberality, munificence, bounty, bountifulness, beneficence, benefaction, altruism, charity, philanthropy, magnanimity, benevolence, charitableness, open-handedness, kindness, big-heartedness, great-heartedness, lavishness, free-handedness, unselfishness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, self-denial
1. 1.1 Money or gifts given generously.
  慷慨馈赠
  the distribution of largesse to the local population
  对当地人的慷慨馈赠。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Since then, governments have been nothing less than ingenious in creating ways to bestow largesse on the business world.
  There is no longer a bottomless pit from which largesse can be dispensed.
  This largesse is heaped upon them by the car company PRs in the hope of keeping the journos on side and writing nice things.
  Where does the FIH get money to distribute such largesse?
  The distribution of National Lottery largesse is a complicated matter.
  If they dispense largesse for any other reason, they are literally wasting the money of their shareholders.
  Instead, they risked being upended by the many people who have felt for some years that there is a lot of largesse sloshing around the nation which has not come their way.
  Unfortunately, he said, this government was more interested in distribution of largesse on the basis of patronage.
  ‘All our neighbours have a share of this largesse and many at present are looking for a second bite of the cherry,’ she added.
  In retrospect, Australia's flourishing multiculturalism was built on a fragile base: a booming economy with a wide distribution of its largesse.
  Of course, I had never seen a weighted, jangling, belly-swollen giant flop down a chimney and gaily dispense his largesse under a Christmas tree.
  We have managed the Government's finances so well that he has opined that the low debt is crazy, and that National would borrow to dispense largesse to some of its mates.
  We have a fairly patrician government that in the past handed out largesse that kept us going.
  Unlike so many diplomats and corporate heads who have a duty to be seen to be distributing largesse in impoverished rural areas, Grant was more than merely visible at events.
  This may be because the PLP may use this fund as a mechanism for handing our largesse to their friends.
  Thou shalt be generous, and give largesse to everyone.
  Politicians are elected, power is wielded, contracts are awarded, and government largess is handed out on the basis of tribal affiliations.
  Can no longer function except to distribute billions of taxpayer largesse to politically connected corporations?
  This conjures up the image of Pentagon suits running around with briefcases full of cash, dispensing taxpayer largesse to anyone who asks for it.
  You liked new engines, but management was scrupulous in its distribution of such largesse and your share was minute.
  Synonyms
  gifts, presents, donations, handouts, endowments, grants, aid, alms, offerings, favours, contributions

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin largus ‘copious’.

单词	largesse
释义	Definition of largesse in English: largesse (also largess) noun lɑːˈ(d)ʒɛs mass noun 1Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others. 慷慨 presumably public money is not dispensed with such largesse to anyone else Example sentencesExamples You know the big lavish parties with corporate largesse paying a lot of money. Orange County was a prime beneficiary of Cold War largesse, and the enemy in Washington was their prime economic supplier. In reality, of the legions of aspiring writers, directors and producers, only the tiniest minority have benefited from Lottery largesse. As beneficiaries of government largesse, these individuals have somehow hijacked the American Dream. Thus, it turns out that the declaration of ‘independence’ is dependent upon largesse from the oil conglomerates. The GFT has been one of the beneficiaries of business largesse in the last year. So wouldn't it be better to live in Scotland and benefit from such largesse rather than live in England and have to pay for it? I heard it too and it's not just coppers who are benefitting from this secret largesse, but politicians as well. But it remains to be seen whether Bank of Scotland account holders will also benefit from such largesse. Having benefitted immensely from her largesse, they cannot believe that the ‘daughter of the soil’ is no more. Perhaps they expect to benefit directly from his largesse. But a select group of eight York bigwigs have selflessly enjoyed Buckingham Palace largesse on our behalf. In the UK, with our more traditional culture of charity and state largesse, time banks have taken a while to establish. Although he has no children of his own to inherit his fortune, he does have five nieces and nephews, all of whom benefit from his largesse from time to time. The problem with affirmative action, it seems, is that it is dependent upon the largesse and consent of those who have no stake. Beneficiaries of her largesse have included the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Art Gallery. He was quite happy, in fact, to rely upon US training and largesse less than twenty years ago. So the developing countries, the main beneficiaries of US largesse, are digging in against other UN reforms unless they get the extra cash. Theatre, music, dance, the visual arts - all would benefit from this largesse. This incredible Federal Reserve largesse did not go unnoticed by the leveraged speculating community. Synonyms generosity, liberality, munificence, bounty, bountifulness, beneficence, benefaction, altruism, charity, philanthropy, magnanimity, benevolence, charitableness, open-handedness, kindness, big-heartedness, great-heartedness, lavishness, free-handedness, unselfishness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, self-denial historical almsgiving 1.1 Money or gifts given generously. 慷慨馈赠 the distribution of largesse to the local population 对当地人的慷慨馈赠。 Example sentencesExamples This may be because the PLP may use this fund as a mechanism for handing our largesse to their friends. Unfortunately, he said, this government was more interested in distribution of largesse on the basis of patronage. Where does the FIH get money to distribute such largesse? Thou shalt be generous, and give largesse to everyone. Instead, they risked being upended by the many people who have felt for some years that there is a lot of largesse sloshing around the nation which has not come their way. Of course, I had never seen a weighted, jangling, belly-swollen giant flop down a chimney and gaily dispense his largesse under a Christmas tree. You liked new engines, but management was scrupulous in its distribution of such largesse and your share was minute. Can no longer function except to distribute billions of taxpayer largesse to politically connected corporations? Since then, governments have been nothing less than ingenious in creating ways to bestow largesse on the business world. This conjures up the image of Pentagon suits running around with briefcases full of cash, dispensing taxpayer largesse to anyone who asks for it. Politicians are elected, power is wielded, contracts are awarded, and government largess is handed out on the basis of tribal affiliations. We have managed the Government's finances so well that he has opined that the low debt is crazy, and that National would borrow to dispense largesse to some of its mates. ‘All our neighbours have a share of this largesse and many at present are looking for a second bite of the cherry,’ she added. In retrospect, Australia's flourishing multiculturalism was built on a fragile base: a booming economy with a wide distribution of its largesse. This largesse is heaped upon them by the car company PRs in the hope of keeping the journos on side and writing nice things. There is no longer a bottomless pit from which largesse can be dispensed. If they dispense largesse for any other reason, they are literally wasting the money of their shareholders. Unlike so many diplomats and corporate heads who have a duty to be seen to be distributing largesse in impoverished rural areas, Grant was more than merely visible at events. We have a fairly patrician government that in the past handed out largesse that kept us going. The distribution of National Lottery largesse is a complicated matter. Synonyms gifts, presents, donations, handouts, endowments, grants, aid, alms, offerings, favours, contributions patronage, sponsorship, backing, help Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin largus 'copious'. Rhymes acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes Definition of largesse in US English: largesse (also largess) noun 1Generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others. 慷慨 dispensing his money with such largesse 如此慷慨地处理他的钱财。 Example sentencesExamples In reality, of the legions of aspiring writers, directors and producers, only the tiniest minority have benefited from Lottery largesse. Although he has no children of his own to inherit his fortune, he does have five nieces and nephews, all of whom benefit from his largesse from time to time. I heard it too and it's not just coppers who are benefitting from this secret largesse, but politicians as well. Beneficiaries of her largesse have included the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Perhaps they expect to benefit directly from his largesse. As beneficiaries of government largesse, these individuals have somehow hijacked the American Dream. Thus, it turns out that the declaration of ‘independence’ is dependent upon largesse from the oil conglomerates. He was quite happy, in fact, to rely upon US training and largesse less than twenty years ago. This incredible Federal Reserve largesse did not go unnoticed by the leveraged speculating community. So wouldn't it be better to live in Scotland and benefit from such largesse rather than live in England and have to pay for it? Having benefitted immensely from her largesse, they cannot believe that the ‘daughter of the soil’ is no more. But a select group of eight York bigwigs have selflessly enjoyed Buckingham Palace largesse on our behalf. Theatre, music, dance, the visual arts - all would benefit from this largesse. But it remains to be seen whether Bank of Scotland account holders will also benefit from such largesse. You know the big lavish parties with corporate largesse paying a lot of money. The GFT has been one of the beneficiaries of business largesse in the last year. The problem with affirmative action, it seems, is that it is dependent upon the largesse and consent of those who have no stake. Orange County was a prime beneficiary of Cold War largesse, and the enemy in Washington was their prime economic supplier. In the UK, with our more traditional culture of charity and state largesse, time banks have taken a while to establish. So the developing countries, the main beneficiaries of US largesse, are digging in against other UN reforms unless they get the extra cash. Synonyms generosity, liberality, munificence, bounty, bountifulness, beneficence, benefaction, altruism, charity, philanthropy, magnanimity, benevolence, charitableness, open-handedness, kindness, big-heartedness, great-heartedness, lavishness, free-handedness, unselfishness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, self-denial 1.1 Money or gifts given generously. 慷慨馈赠 the distribution of largesse to the local population 对当地人的慷慨馈赠。 Example sentencesExamples Since then, governments have been nothing less than ingenious in creating ways to bestow largesse on the business world. There is no longer a bottomless pit from which largesse can be dispensed. This largesse is heaped upon them by the car company PRs in the hope of keeping the journos on side and writing nice things. Where does the FIH get money to distribute such largesse? The distribution of National Lottery largesse is a complicated matter. If they dispense largesse for any other reason, they are literally wasting the money of their shareholders. Instead, they risked being upended by the many people who have felt for some years that there is a lot of largesse sloshing around the nation which has not come their way. Unfortunately, he said, this government was more interested in distribution of largesse on the basis of patronage. ‘All our neighbours have a share of this largesse and many at present are looking for a second bite of the cherry,’ she added. In retrospect, Australia's flourishing multiculturalism was built on a fragile base: a booming economy with a wide distribution of its largesse. Of course, I had never seen a weighted, jangling, belly-swollen giant flop down a chimney and gaily dispense his largesse under a Christmas tree. We have managed the Government's finances so well that he has opined that the low debt is crazy, and that National would borrow to dispense largesse to some of its mates. We have a fairly patrician government that in the past handed out largesse that kept us going. Unlike so many diplomats and corporate heads who have a duty to be seen to be distributing largesse in impoverished rural areas, Grant was more than merely visible at events. This may be because the PLP may use this fund as a mechanism for handing our largesse to their friends. Thou shalt be generous, and give largesse to everyone. Politicians are elected, power is wielded, contracts are awarded, and government largess is handed out on the basis of tribal affiliations. Can no longer function except to distribute billions of taxpayer largesse to politically connected corporations? This conjures up the image of Pentagon suits running around with briefcases full of cash, dispensing taxpayer largesse to anyone who asks for it. You liked new engines, but management was scrupulous in its distribution of such largesse and your share was minute. Synonyms gifts, presents, donations, handouts, endowments, grants, aid, alms, offerings, favours, contributions Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin largus ‘copious’.
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