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volunteer
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volunteer
1. Law
a. a person who does some act or enters into a transaction without being under any legal obligation to do so and without being promised any remuneration for his services
b. Property law a person to whom property is transferred without his giving any valuable consideration in return, as a legatee under a will
2. 
a. a plant that grows from seed that has not been deliberately sown
b. (as modifier): a volunteer plant


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The aim of this article is to describe these services, their historical and international background, the attitudes of the professional librarians toward voluntary work in hospitals, and what happened when men who had read little in civilian life came into contact with books in the military hospital environment.
Career breaks--these could be of varying length, and used for study, travel, bringing up children, voluntary work, or many other activities that can improve both home and working life.
It's difficult because it's voluntary work that we do in our free time, we don't have funds to pay people.
 
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