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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously;
[syn: largess, largesse]

2. liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit;
[syn: munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Largess \Lar"gess\, Largesse \Lar"gesse\ (l[aum]r*j[e^]s" or l[aum]r"j[e^]s), n. [F. largesse, fr. large. See Large, a.] 1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. [1913 Webster] The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of "Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!" and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

largess n 1: a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously [syn: largess, largesse] 2: liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "largess": Trinkgeld, benevolence, bigheartedness, bonus, boon, bounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, bribe, compliment, consideration, donative, double time, easy purse strings, favor, fee, free hand, freedom, freehandedness, freeheartedness, freeness, generosity, generousness, gift, givingness, graciousness, gratuity, gravy, grease, great heart, greatheartedness, honorarium, hospitality, lagniappe, largeheartedness, largeness, liberality, liberalness, magnanimity, munificence, open hand, open heart, openhandedness, openheartedness, palm oil, perks, perquisite, pourboire, premium, present, salve, something extra, sportula, sweetener, tip, unselfishness, welcome