testimonial dinners: “I know people who have a lot of money, and they get testimonial dinners and hospital wings named after them,” he continued.

[yabi]

What is the meaning of testimonial dinner in : “I know people who have a lot of money, and they get testimonial dinners and hospital wings named after them,” he continued.

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/19/bes...ed-was-from-warren-buffett-on-friendship.html

 

[probus]

A testimonial dinner is a banquet to honour someone.

In my part of the world it's not uncommon for people who donate large sums to hospitals to have a room or a ward named after them. A whole wing might be named after someone who donated enough to build it --- a very large sum indeed.

 

[Tarheel]

If you want people to say nice things about you, give them money.

As for getting a hospital wing named after you, a million dollars ought to do it.