Charitable
Charitable adjective - Giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation.
Usage example: a charitable woman who helped everyone who needed it
Mercenary is an antonym for charitable.
Mercenary
Mercenary adjective - Having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions.
Usage example: they were a mercenary couple, who defined themselves not by what they were but by what they owned
Charitable is an antonym for mercenary.
Nearby Word: mercenarily
Both words in one sentence
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While the other characters are charitable when the situation demands it she is an utter mercenary, using low, malicious and down right evil methods to get high rollers gambling and more importantly losing.
Source: Series / Las Vegas
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