bestowal
1Bestowal — Be*stow al, n. The act of bestowing; disposal. [1913 Webster] …
2bestowal — index appropriation (donation), benefit (conferment), cession, charity, concession (authorization) …
3bestowal — (n.) 1773, from BESTOW (Cf. bestow) + AL (Cf. al) (2) …
4bestowal — bestow ► VERB ▪ give or grant (an honour, right, or gift). DERIVATIVES bestowal noun. ORIGIN from Old English st w «place» …
5bestowal — noun see bestow …
6bestowal — See bestowable. * * * …
7bestowal — noun the act of bestowing …
8bestowal — Synonyms and related words: accommodation, accordance, administration, application, applying, award, awarding, bestowment, communication, concession, conferment, conferral, contribution, deliverance, delivery, donation, dosage, dosing, endowment …
9bestowal — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun. The act of conferring, as of an honor: accordance, bestowment, conference, conferment, conferral, grant, presentation. See GIVE …
10bestowal — be stow·al || əʊəl n. grant, gift; act of giving, granting …
