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• endowment — en·dow·ment n 1: the act or process of endowing 2: a result or product of endowing: as a: the income of an institution derived from donations the university s ability to attract endowment b: the property (as a fund) donated to an institution or… …   Law dictionary

• endowment — [n1] large gift award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, funding, gifting, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue,… …   New thesaurus

• ability — [n1] power to act, perform aptitude, capability, capacity, competence, competency, comprehension, dexterity, endowment, facility, faculty, intelligence, might, potentiality, qualification, resourcefulness, skill, strength, talent, understanding;… …   New thesaurus

• endowment — ► NOUN 1) the action of endowing. 2) a quality or ability with which a person is endowed. 3) an income or form of property endowed. 4) (before another noun ) denoting a form of life insurance involving payment of a fixed sum to the insured person …   English terms dictionary

• endowment — [en dou′mənt, indou′mənt] n. [ME endouement] 1. the act of endowing 2. that with which something is endowed; specif., any bequest or gift that provides an income for an institution or person 3. a gift of nature; inherent talent, ability, quality …   English World dictionary

• endowment — [[t]ɪnda͟ʊmənt[/t]] endowments 1) N COUNT An endowment is a gift of money that is made to an institution or community in order to provide it with an annual income. The company revived the finances of the Oxford Union with a generous ₤1m endowment …   English dictionary

• endowment — UK [ɪnˈdaʊmənt] / US noun Word forms endowment : singular endowment plural endowments 1) a) [uncountable] the act of giving money to a school, hospital, or other institution the endowment of a Professorship at Oxford b) [countable] an amount of… …   English dictionary

• ability — Synonyms and related words: ableness, address, adeptness, adequacy, adroitness, airmanship, aptitude, aptness, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, bravura, brilliance, bump, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity, capital, cleverness, command …   Moby Thesaurus

• endowment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. property, fund, foundation; gift, bestowal, dower, dowry; power; ability, faculty, aptitude, capacity, talent, bent. See giving, skill, possession. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A gift] Syn. donation, grant …   English dictionary for students

• endowment — noun 1) the endowment of a Chair of Botany Syn: funding, financing, subsidizing; establishment, foundation, institution 2) her will contained a generous endowment Syn: bequest, legacy, inheritance; gift, present …   Thesaurus of popular words

• endowment — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act or process of endowing 2. something that is endowed; specifically the part of an institution s income derived from donations 3. natural capacity, power, or ability < a person of great intellectual endowment > …   New Collegiate Dictionary