Thesaurus: endowment

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1. n. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
2. n. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.
3. n. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.
4. n. natural abilities or qualities
5. n. the capital that provides income for an institution
6. n. the act of endowing with a permanent source of income
7. 1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support. 2. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college. 3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural. His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do. I. Taylor.
8. n:100 n. natural abilities or qualities n. the capital that provides income for an institution n. the act of endowing with a permanent source of income