HANDSEL Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

handsel

noun

ˈhan(t)-səl

Definition of handsel

as in gift

something given to someone without expectation of a return gave little handsels to their houseguests on New Year's Day

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Shotwell has been the only donor to announce a major stock gift, the Wall Street Journal reported, but Treasury notes show others have expressed interest in similar donations.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Ostensibly, the gift allows the Avatar to bring harmony to the universe.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of gift

Noun

The Treasury Department moved last week to automatically enroll tens of millions of children and greenlight donations of individual stocks as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touts the accounts ahead of midterms.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Ballot measures are not subject to caps on campaign donations.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of donation

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The series backs up 25 years to a Connecticut farm where father Cyrus Trask (Tracy Letts), a peg-legged Civil War veteran, rejects Charles’ gift of a new knife in favor of Adam’s present of a stray puppy, creating a long trail of jealousy.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The lines between Iñárritu’s fiction and our demented present are clearly blurring.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of present

Noun

Yet despite their contrasting presentations, there is little to distinguish their strategies at this early stage.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
The commission’s vote followed a presentation and discussion of an annexation feasibililty study by The Corradino Group of Miami.

— Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

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