'Endowment' definitions:
Definition of 'endowment'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The capital that provides income for an institution [syn: endowment, endowment fund]
noun
The act of endowing with a permanent source of income; "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time"
Definition of 'Endowment'
From: GCIDE
- Endowment \En*dow"ment\, n.
- 1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster]
- His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'endowment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abilities,
- ability,
- accommodation,
- accordance,
- accouterment,
- allele,
- allelomorph,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- Altmann theory,
- 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,
- De Vries theory,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- determinant,
- determiner,
- diathesis,
- DNA,
- donation,
- dot,
- dower,
- dowry,
- economic support,
- empowerment,
- enablement,
- endowments,
- equipment,
- eugenics,
- factor,
- faculty,
- finding,
- fitting out,
- flair,
- forte,
- foundation,
- furnishing,
- furnishment,
- Galtonian theory,
- 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,
- Mendelianism,
- Mendelism,
- 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,
- RNA,
- 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,
- TLC,
- upkeep,
- Verworn theory,
- victualing,
- vouchsafement,
- Weismann theory,
- Weismannism,
- what it takes,
- Wiesner theory