A generous gift, often money, to someone in a poor economic situation: The bank manager’s largess towards the merchant, whose business was having financial difficulties, was admirable.

A variation in the spelling of "largess", the act of giving away money or the quality of the person who gives money away: Nathan relied on the largesse of friends after he lost his job.

Descriptive of a size or amount greater than the others of the same category; the superlative form: Etta was so hungry that she took the largest, or biggest, portion of dessert which was on the platter.