# gift (present)

a thing that is transferred to someone without an exchange of payment

- Computed level: L18 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: human

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [give](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-give.transfer), [object](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-object.entity), [transferred](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-transferred.exchange), [someone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-someone.person), [exchange](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-exchange.trade), [payment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-payment.economic)

**Through:** give.transfer moves an object.entity via transferred.exchange, but lacks the reciprocal resource flow of pay.economic and avoids the quid-pro-quo of exchange.trade

**Novel properties:**
- non-reciprocal transfer
- possessed item under new ownership
- absence of required payment

## Examples
- In 2023, the Mars Perseverance rover received a software update from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. *(computing)*
- The 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupted air travel across Europe for six days. *(geology)*
- The Nobel Foundation awarded Malala Yousafzai the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize at age 17. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [christmas](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-christmas.holiday) (L19)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gift.present.json*  
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