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endowment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | endowment fund |
| Type of | capital |
| Has types | chantry, patrimony |
| Derivation | endow |
endowment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gift, natural endowment, talent |
| Type of | natural ability |
| Has types | bent, flair, genius, hang, knack, raw talent |
| Derivation | endow |
Examples of endowment
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In the past year, the university system paid out $39 million from its endowment.
From the stltoday.com
The company will not need to announce a $50 million anniversary endowment drive.
From the nytimes.com
The next $20,000 is used for the endowment, building funds and fund development.
From the pe.com
Attendance is up, private donations are up and the museum's endowment has grown.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Look at the size of the endowment of the American Enterprise Institute and weep.
From the economist.com
Philo holds that good moral endowment takes precedence of teaching and practise.
From the en.wikipedia.org
And the company raided its endowment to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.
From the huffingtonpost.com
An endowment mortgage only pays the interest owed to the lender at each payment.
From the guardian.co.uk
I cashed in the endowment some years ago and never informed my building society.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Natural abilities or qualities
- The capital that provides income for an institution
- The act of endowing with a permanent source of income; "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time"
- (endowed) provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature); "a well-endowed college"; "endowed with good eyesight"; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"
- In the theology of the Latter Day Saint movement, an endowment refers to a gift of "power from on high", typically associated with Latter Day Saint temples. The purpose and meaning of the endowment varied during the life of movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr. ...
- An endowment policy is a life insurance contract designed to pay a lump sum after a specified term (on its 'maturity') or on earlier death. Typical maturities are ten, fifteen or twenty years up to a certain age limit. Some policies also pay out in the case of critical illness.
- In Mormonism, the Endowment is an ordinance (ritual ceremony) designed to prepare participants to become kings, queens, priests, and priestesses in the afterlife. As part of the ceremony, participants take part in a scripted reenactment of the Biblical creation and fall of Adam and Eve. ...
- Endowment (in philosophy) refers to the innate capacities of an individual, group, or institution. An individual's "natural endowment" can be abilities, such as intelligence or strength, given at birth. ...
- A financial endowment is a donation of money or property to a nonprofit organization for the ongoing support of that organization...
