(n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
Example Sentences:
(1) According to histopathologic aspect the patients were divided into two groups: I--with active lymphocytic myocarditis (ALM); II--without ALM: 51 patients.
(2) The recent proposal that acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) is a distinct clinico-histological entity, however, is more difficult to accept.
(3) The presence of helminthic invasion of the liver--opisthordiasis resulted in hepatitis, pancreatitis that would not respond to therapy in patients with ALMS.
(4) 'If you meet, you drink …' Thus introduced to intoxicating liquors under auspices both secular and sacred, the offering of alms for oblivion I took to be the custom of the country in which I had been born.
(5) However, the degree of heterogeneity of HMW-MAA within a positive primary ALM lesion, as measured by the percentage of stained melanoma cells, is lower than that of Mr 97,000 MAA and GD3.
(6) The computer-derived unidirectional flux coefficients were in keeping with active ALM transport and passive, carrier-mediated LM transport.
(7) Michaelis constants and maximal velocities measured at 33 degrees C, for UK and ins-UK, were identical when ALMe was used, but slightly different with AGLMe.
(8) Further characterization of the ALM is warranted in an effort to explain the enhancement of the bactericidal capacity of alveolar macrophages by most, but not all, H-ALM tested.
(9) These antigenic differences do not reflect an antigenic paucity of ALM cells, since ALM lesions express a higher level of T4-tyrosinase than NM lesions and a level of HLA Class I antigens similar to that of NM lesions.
(10) Since protein-bound AGEs recognized by the antibodies were labile to acid hydrolysis, the antibodies were further characterized by using the AGE-alpha-acetyl-L-lysine methyl ester (AGE-ALME) with a brown and fluorescent property as well as the AGE-proteins.
(11) This doses of Alm did not cause significant vasoconstriction during normoxic gas ventilation compared with malic acid.
(12) Responses to angiotensin II were not decreased by Alm.
(13) In addition, we discussed ALM precancerous lesions called plantar premalignant melanosis, which consist of B- and C-phases only.
(14) Pigment formed by alm-1 microsclerotia from (+)-scytalone had chemical and physical properties identical with those of melanin in the wild-type fungus.
(15) There was no difference in the uptake of the bacteria by PAM when ALM was present.
(16) Previous reports indicate that the in vitro bactericidal activity of rat alveolar macrophages (AM) is dependent on the lipid fraction (ALM-L) of the alveolar lining material (ALM).
(17) Ventilation was not affected by ALM during air breathing and was slightly, although not significantly, increased during hypoxic rest and exercise.
(18) The differences between our results and those of earlier studies using ALM from rats may relate to interspecies differences in the composition of ALM.
(19) ALM does not make detectable levels of late viral proteins and is minimally 200-fold depressed in the accumulation of cytoplasmic polyadenylated late RNA.
(20) On the other hand, the survival of patients with ALM was inversely correlated with the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 or HMW-MAA in their primary lesions.
Charity
Definition:
(n.) Love; universal benevolence; good will.
(n.) Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others.
(n.) Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.
(n.) Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.
(n.) A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.
(n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.
Example Sentences:
(1) The court hearing – in a case of the kind likely to be heard in secret if the government's justice and security bill is passed – was requested by the law firm Leigh Day and the legal charity Reprieve, acting for Serdar Mohammed, tortured by the Afghan security services after being transferred to their custody by UK forces.
(2) As both a high-impact charity and a successful business, perhaps Mr Osborne believes we are divided against ourselves?
(3) Now, a small Scottish charity, Edinburgh Direct Aid – moved by their plight and aware that the language of Lebanese education is French and English and that Syria is Arabic – is delivering textbooks in Arabic to the school and have offered to fund timeshare projects across the country.
(4) Housing charity Shelter puts the shortage of affordable housing in England at between 40,000 and 60,000 homes a year.
(5) "It looks as if the noxious mix of rightwing Australian populism, as represented by Crosby and his lobbying firm, and English saloon bar reactionaries, as embodied by [Nigel] Farage and Ukip, may succeed in preventing this government from proceeding with standardised cigarette packs, despite their popularity with the public," said Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the health charity Action on Smoking and Health.
(6) May is due to announce that Dennis Stevenson, a former HBOS chairman and a mental health campaigner, will lead a review alongside Paul Farmer, the chief executive of the mental health charity Mind.
(7) Even Paul Bright had to get a private charity to fund half his work.
(8) The two flight attendants feature in February and March in the annual Ryanair charity calendar.
(9) This is a moral swamp, but it's one the Salvation Army claims to be stepping into out of charity .
(10) The work was published as a charity calendar the following year.
(11) As well as stocking second-hand items for purchase, charity shops such as Oxfam have launched Christmas gifts to provide specific help for poor communities abroad.
(12) It acts as a one-stop shop bringing together credit unions and other organisations, such as Five Lamps , a charity providing loans, and white-goods providers willing to sell products with low-interest repayments.
(13) Tim Potter, managing director of support charity the Fragile X Society , adds that the challenges Tom faces in the film will give "hope and encouragement to many other families".
(14) Lion cubs fathered by Cecil, the celebrated lion shot dead in Zimbabwe , may already have been killed by a rival male lion and even if they were still alive there was nothing conservationists could do to protect them, a conservation charity has warned.
(15) Komen spokeswoman Leslie Aun said the cut-off results from the charity's newly adopted criteria barring grants to organisations that are under investigation by local, state or federal authorities.
(16) The charity Bite the Ballot , which persuaded hundreds of thousands to register before the last general election, is to set up “democracy cafes” in Starbucks branches, laying on experts to explain how to register and vote, and what the referendum is all about (Bite the Ballot does not take sides but merely encourages participation).
(17) Raindrops on Roses Photograph: Felix Clay This boutique style, high-end gift shop in St Albans is one of a new breed of charity shops.
(18) The two polls underline the extent to which the coalition parties have been hit by a budget that has led to a slew of bad headlines over the granny tax, pasty tax and charities tax.
(19) To mark World Aids Day, THT is opening a charity shop in Soho Estates’ Walkers Court development in central Soho.
(20) As a legal practice and a charity combined we are distinct – anyone with any condition can come to us for advice.