же́ртвовать — meaning in English

English meaning

• donate verb To give money, goods, or time freely to help a cause or another person.
• sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.

Senses

же́ртвовать is used for these senses in English:

• donate (ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

sacrifice — full definition

1. verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
2. verb To give up something valuable for the sake of something considered more important.
3. noun The act of giving up something valuable for a greater cause, or the thing given up.

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