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n. The act of endowing.

n. Funds or property donated to an institution, individual, or group as a source of income.

n. A natural gift, ability, or quality.

n. Something with which a person or thing is endowed.

n. Funds invested for the support and benefit of a not-for-profit institution.

n. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

n. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object.

n. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.

n. The act of settling dower on a woman.

n. The act of settling a fund or permanent provision for the support of any person or object, as a student, a professorship, a school, a hospital, etc.

n. That which is bestowed or settled; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object: as, the endowments of a church, hospital, or college.

n. That which is given or bestowed on the person or mind; gift of nature; in the plural, natural equipment of body or mind, or both; attributes or aptitudes.

n. Synonyms Bequest, present, gift, fund.

n. Acquirements, Acquisitions, Attainments, etc. (see acquirement); gift, talent, capacity, genius, parts. See comparison under genius.

n. the capital that provides income for an institution

n. natural abilities or qualities

n. the act of endowing with a permanent source of income

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gift    giving   

endowment insurance policy    endowment policy   

endow   

endowment mortgage   

accomplishment    talents    dotation   

accomplishment    inheritance    qualification    aptitude    faculty    donation    sensibility    attribute    contribution    heritage