endowment
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Endowment \En*dow"ment\, n.
1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision
for support.
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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.
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3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind;
gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents;
-- usually in the plural.
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His early endowments had fitted him for the work he
was to do. --I. Taylor.
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
ENDOWMENT. The bestowing or assuring of a dower to a woman. It is sometimes
used: metaphorically, for the setting a provision for a charitable
institution, as the endowment of a hospital.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
174 Moby Thesaurus words for "endowment":
Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory,
Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, TLC, Verworn theory, Weismann theory,
Weismannism, Wiesner theory, abilities, ability, accommodation,
accordance, accouterment, allele, allelomorph, allotment,
allowance, appanage, aptitudes, armament, attributes, award,
awarding, bequest, bestowal, bestowment, birth, bread, bump,
caliber, capabilities, capability, capacities, capacity, care,
catering, chandlery, character, characteristics, chromatid,
chromatin, chromosome, communication, concession, conferment,
conferral, contribution, daily bread, deliverance, delivery,
determinant, determiner, diathesis, donation, dot, dower, dowry,
economic support, empowerment, enablement, endowments, equipment,
eugenics, factor, faculty, finding, fitting out, flair, forte,
foundation, furnishing, furnishment, gene, genesiology,
genetic code, genetics, genius, gift, gifting, gifts, giving,
grant, granting, hereditability, heredity, heritability, heritage,
impartation, impartment, inborn capacity, inheritability,
inheritance, instinct, investiture, investment, jointure, keep,
legal jointure, liberality, livelihood, living, logistics,
long suit, maintenance, makings, manna, marriage portion,
matrocliny, meat, metier, mothering, natural endowment,
natural gift, nourishment, nurture, offer, outfitting, parts,
patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, portion, potential, power, powers,
preparation, present, presentation, presentment, price support,
procurement, properties, providing, provision, provisioning,
purveyance, qualification, recessive character, reinforcement,
replenishment, replication, resupply, retailing, selling,
settlement, speciality, strengths, strong flair, strong point,
subscription, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention,
supply, supplying, support, surrender, sustainment, sustenance,
sustentation, talent, talents, tender loving care, the goods,
the stuff, thirds, upkeep, victualing, vouchsafement,
what it takes
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