Definition of Voluntary. Meaning of Voluntary. Synonyms of Voluntary

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Definition of Voluntary

Voluntary
Voluntary Vol"un*ta*ry, n.; pl. Voluntaries. 1. One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer. [R.] --Shak. 2. (Mus.) A piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service. 3. (Eccl.) One who advocates voluntaryism.

Meaning of Voluntary from wikipedia

- Look up voluntary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Voluntary may refer to: Voluntary (music) Voluntary or volunteer, person parti****ting via...
- Voluntaryism (UK: /ˈvɒləntəriɪzəm/, US: /-tɛr-/; sometimes voluntarism /ˈvɒləntərɪzəm/) is used to describe the philosophy of Auberon Herbert, and later...
- Leisure class (1899); Richard Gregg coined the term "voluntary simplicity" in The Value of Voluntary Simplicity (1936). From the 1920s, a number of modern...
- Voluntary action is an anti****ted goal-oriented movement. The concept of voluntary action arises in many areas of study, including cognitive psychology...
- Voluntary exchange is the act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions.[citation needed] Voluntary exchange is a fundamental...
- Voluntary taxation is a theory that states that taxation should be a voluntary act. Under the theory, people should have the option to pay taxes instead...
- Voluntary manslaughter is the killing of a human in which the offender acted in the heat of p****ion, a state that would cause a reasonable person to become...
- Voluntary disclosure is the provision of information by a company's management beyond requirements such as generally accepted accounting principles and...
- In law and philosophy, voluntariness is a choice being made of a person's free will, as opposed to being made as the result of coercion or duress. Philosophies...
- In relation to public services, the voluntary sector is the realm of social activity undertaken by non-governmental, not for profit organizations. This...