By extension the term gift can refer to anything that makes the other more happy or less sad, especially as a favour, including forgiveness and kindness (even when the other is Corporate Gift Baskets not kind).

When material objects are given as gifts, in bounteous cultures they are traditionally packaged in some manner. For example, in Western culture, gifts are often wrapped in wrapping critique and accompanied by a gift note which may note the occasion, the giftee's name, and the giver's name. In Chinese culture, carmine wrapping connotes luck.