Donate
Donate verb - To make a present of.
Usage example: we plan to donate all the profits from the rummage sale to charity
Keep
Keep verb - To continue to have in one's possession or power.
Usage example: keep my secret and don't tell it to anyone
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Nice Guy: Dusty helps out whenever he can, which pays off when he's severely damaged and the other racers donate new parts to keep him in the race.
Source: Western Animation / Planes - Both publickly keep a stiff upper lip in response to the deaths but then donate money to the poorer family.
Source: Film / The Leopard Man -
You can commit any atrocity you like as long as you donate money to the church occasionally, which is cheap enough to keep the guards off you.
Source: Franchise / Baldur's Gate
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