|
Endowment - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
|
Endowment : (noun)
1: natural qualities or talents [syn: gift, talent, natural
endowment]
2: the capital that provides income for an institution [syn: endowment
fund]
3: the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; "his
generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick
of time"
Based on WordNet 2.0
|
|
Endowment : \En*dow"ment\, n.
1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision
for support.
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.
3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind;
gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents;
-- usually in the plural.
His early endowments had fitted him for the work he
was to do. --I. Taylor.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
|
|
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 theEndowment : of a hospital.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
|
|
|
|
|
