Gift

What “Gift” means

Noun

1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
2. A talent or natural ability.
3. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
5. A footrace, often a short one with a prize, sometimes with a handicap system whereby runners start from different positions based on their past performance.

Verb

1. To give as a gift or donation.
2. To give away, to concede easily.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English yifte, ȝift, partly from Old English ġift, ġyft (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -t (etymologically yive + -t). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Luxembourgish Gëft (“poison”), Vilamovian gejft, gyjft (“poison”), Yiddish גיפֿט (gift, “poison”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gift (“poison”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. Distantly related to English habit, from Latin habitus.

Business name ideas with “Gift”

Industries where “Gift” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Gift Shop
• Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores