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noun a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
noun liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
originFrom Middle English larges, largess, largesse [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman largece, largesce, Middle French largece, largesce, largesse, and Old French largesce (“breadth, width; request for a monetary gift; (act of) generous giving; (chiefly in the plural) generous gift; generosity, liberality”) (in Anglo-Norman also “liberty; privilege”; modern French largesse), from large (“big, large;…
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