charity begins at home
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› You should take care of your family and other people who live close to you before helping people who are living further away or in another country.Charity organizationsGenerous and charitable
(Definition of charity begins at home from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- aid noun
- alms noun
- benevolent society noun
- charitable adjective (GIVING)
- charity noun (GIVING)
- debt relief noun
- flag day noun
- foreign aid noun
- foundation noun (BEGIN)
- friend noun (PERSON GIVING MONEY)
- fundraising noun
- non-profit-making adjective
- Oxfam noun
- pearly king/queen noun
- the Peace Corps noun
- the Red Crescent noun
- the Red Cross noun
- voluntary adjective
- volunteer noun
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