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Another word for largess

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largess

n.

Gift
present, donation, contribution; see gift 1.
Generosity
bounty, charity, open-handedness; see generosity 1.

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Another word for largess

also largesse noun

A material favor or gift, usually money, given in return for service:

cumshaw, gratuity, perquisite, tip³. See give, transactions

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It is still more surprising that the soldiers should have quietly submitted to a reduction in the amount of the donative or gift which it was customary for them to receive from a new emperor, though the civil population of the capital were paid their largess (congiarium) in full.
On the 15th of March 1377 the sultan was murdered by the Mamelukes, owing to his refusing a largess of money which they demanded.

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