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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

in honor of...

Please help me with the following passage.

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Donor Name: Tatsuo Fujioka
In honor of: Akiko Fujioka
Donation amount: 11,000 Yen
Payment Type: Online donation
Received: April 8, 2008
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What does "in honor of" mean? Does it mean someone to be respected? Then why is Akiko respected? Please advise.

LCChang
  

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it usually means you are doing something in the memory of someone who has died. In this case, it seems to be a relative.

— Nona the brit

  • it usually means you are doing something in the memory of someone who has died.
  • In this case, it seems to be a relative.
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it usually means you are doing something in the memory of someone who has died. In this case, it seems to be a relative.
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Thank you, but I am still a bit confused.

Tastuo donated money to a charity. He did this in memory of Akiko. The charity has nothing to do with Akiko, does it? Please kindly help on this again. Thank you very much.

LCChang
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Often, donors to charity will do this to recognize someone else (who might be dead), even if the other person is not related to the charity. It doesn't serve a purpose except to publicize the deceased person's name. I guess this is one way charities try to get donations by offering the chance of publicizing a name of the donor's choice.
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