Definition: 1. (military) a person who freely enlists for service. 2. Composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a service or performance. 3. Of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled. 4. Controlled by individual volition.
Use 'voluntary' in a sentence:
1. He'd been working at the local hostel for the handicapped on a voluntary basis.
2. Some voluntary organizations run workshops for disabled people.
3. I'd like to sign up for some voluntary work with the environment council.
4. We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us.
5. Voluntary work can provide a framework for job-seeking.
6. The care was substantially provided by voluntary services which worked together with local authorities as they long had with eligibility based on income.
7. Apna Arts has achieved more with voluntary workers in three years than most organisations with paid workers have achieved in ten.
8. The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment.
9. Employers did create maternity-leave programs in the 1970's and 1980's, but not as a purely voluntary response in the absence of any government mandate.
10. They argued in favour of legalizing voluntary euthanasia.
11. Perhaps doing voluntary work is more your line?
12. He took voluntary redundancy.
13. The revolutionaries laid down their arms and its leaders went into voluntary exile.
14. State governments maintain that the voluntary contribution of funds through state lotteries is preferable to increase state sales or income taxes.
15. Most of these specialized schools are provided by voluntary organizations.
16. For a year and a half, wage restraint on a voluntary basis worked.
17. The second system is the voluntary, behavioral system.
18. A new Peabody study of the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K program reports that pre-K works, but the gains are not sustained through the third grade.
19. Most of the food for the homeless is provided by voluntary organizations.
20. The revolutionaries laid down their arms and their leaders went into voluntary exile.
21. Male economists overwhelmingly think the wage gap between men and women is largely the result of individuals'skills, experience and voluntary choices.
22. She does some voluntary work, caring for the elderly.
23. Mrs. White prefers to some voluntary work in a local hospital, rather than do nothing all day long.
24. It also plans to offer "voluntary separation" packages to 165 senior executives.
25. Attendance on the course is purely voluntary.
26. The scheme, due to begin next month, will be voluntary.
27. She is doing some voluntary work at an after school program to help students from poor families.
28. Another source of income is from voluntary contributions of the local people.
29. We depend solely upon our voluntary helpers.
30. An e-mail is already circulating amongst news staff calling for voluntary redundancies.
31. We rely entirely on voluntary contribution.
32. Because the work was voluntary it was flexible, time-wise.
33. He is still involved in voluntary work promoting local enterprise.
34. The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.
35. After retiring, she became involved in voluntary service in the local community.
36. Attention is drawn to a special voluntary course in Commercial French.
37. The charity is run on a purely voluntary basis.
38. She works there on a voluntary basis.
39. The shipping industry promulgated a voluntary code.
40. In her spare time she does voluntary work.
41. Some local authorities and voluntary organizations also run workshops for disabled people.
42. The work of the charity is funded by voluntary donations.
43. It has been largely through the voluntary sector that the needs of victims have been met.
44. Most Americans advocate the spirit of social service and voluntary contribution.
45. I will take part in a voluntary labor instead of just for fun.
46. The staff have agreed to a voluntary wage freeze.
47. I do some voluntary work at the local hospital.
48. Voluntary work was particularly important in view of the fact that women were often forced to give up paid work on marriage.
