The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PRESENTS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PRESENTS
- Papa dislikes aspects of birthday celebrations
- Penny envies hosts
- . Donations posted in advance by foremost of sponsors
- Gifts Portugal considers as an affront
- Newspapers should cover hospital department awards
- Introduces engineer posted after pressure succeeded
- Stages which will be packed at Christmas
- Quietly feels bitter getting awards
- Furnishes with items one hasn’t paid for
- Pauper at first feels bitter about handouts
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What does PRESENTS mean?
PRESENTS noun- The current moment or period of time.
- The present tense.
- A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
- The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
- To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- To charge (a person) with a crime or accusation; to bring before court.
- To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
- (with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
- To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
- To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
- To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
- The document in which the word presents appears.