Gift Giving Etiquette

noun a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present

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• She received a beautiful gift from her colleagues for her retirement.
• I got a cool gift from my friend for my birthday.
• I scored a sweet gift from my parents for graduating.
• Time is a precious gift that should not be wasted.

noun a list or record of events or items

• The registry of births, marriages, and deaths is maintained by the government.
• Make sure to update your gift registry for the upcoming wedding.
• I added that new video game to my wishlist registry.
• The library serves as a registry of knowledge and information.

noun an object that has no use or value to its owner but may have value to others

• The company decided to sell off the white elephant property that was draining their resources.
• That old mansion is a total white elephant - no one wants to buy it.
• I heard that car is a real white elephant, always breaking down.
• Her collection of ceramic frogs is a real white elephant in the room.

noun a gift that has been previously received and is given to someone else

verb to give a gift that one has received to someone else as a present

• It is considered impolite to regift a present that was given to you.
• I don't want this gift, so I might regift it to someone else.
• I'm just going to regift this to my friend because I have no use for it.
• Sometimes we need to regift our past mistakes in order to move forward in life.