donationware

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noun

A variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.

Similar
honorware
OriginEnglish softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

noundonationware (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingA variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.

    Synonyms: honorware

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA variant of freeware that offers an option to its user to donate money to the program's author.

Similar
honorware
Also see
donatewarehonorware

Origin

  1. Englishdonation
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  5. Old Englishsōfte
  6. Middle Englishsofte
  7. Englishsoft
  8. Proto-Germanic*warō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  10. Old Englishwaru
  11. Middle Englishware
  12. Englishsoftwarebf.
  13. Englishdonationware

From donation + -ware.

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Cite this entry
APA

donationware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donationware

MLA

“donationware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donationware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “donationware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/donationware.

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