Sentence examples for system of gifts from inspiring English sources

There may have been an ingrained system of gifts and perks that violated N.C.A.A. regulations.

He participated in and profited from an underground system of gifts and payments that violated N.C.A.A. rules.

Necklaces made from whale ivory and fish hooks of ivory, pearl and turtle shell were part of a lavish system of gifts between Fiji's chiefs and their first British governor in the nineteenth century.

Some regard charity as a condescending attitude; others expose the underlying expectation of return involved in any system of gifts (Mauss 1954) or even the logical impossibility of a real, free and gratuitous gift relationship, since every giving involves an expectation of return — of both gratitude and a future gift (Derrida 1992).

To find out, I decided I would survive the weekend without spending a dime, relying instead on a system of gifts and barters, just like in the idealistic days of communes and utopian societies.

The dowry system of giving gifts to the daughter and her in-law's family at the time of her marriage, still prevalent in many parts of the country, is another social tradition [ 3].

In his Essai sur le don (1925; The Gift), Mauss referred to a system of gift giving to be found in traditional, preindustrial societies.

[C5.] Transfer of Reader's Digest Fortune An agreement to be announced today will dissolve a long-disputed system of gift-giving.

But there has always been a parallel system of gift taxation tied to the estate tax, which sets a lifetime limit that can be given away tax-free.

The Seri have an elaborate system of gift exchange for marriage in which the groom is expected to furnish the family of the bride with certain valuable gifts, such as a rifle, fishing canoe, or, more recently, a pickup truck.

In a sweeping transfer of charitable riches that will end a long-disputed system of gift-giving, 13 institutions ranging in size from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to two small Hudson River conservation groups will gain control of endowments totaling about $1.7 billion from foundations built on the vast Reader's Digest fortune.