dotation
an endowment.
Origin of dotation
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How to use dotation in a sentence
In spite of the huge dotation he received, the Marshal added this supposed slight to the many grudges he bore his master.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe ground of the Poet, my dear Talboys, is an extraordinary dotation of sensibility—of course, ten thousand dangers.
The dotation of the President is enormous certainly, and I wish for his own sake it had been rather more moderate.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II | Elizabeth Barrett BrowningThe first monthly payment of the national dotation, calculated to correspond with his civil list, was accepted.
The Liberation of Italy | Countess Evelyn Martinengo-CesarescoThe Minister of Finance presented the bill asking for a dotation for the President.
British Dictionary definitions for dotation
/ (dəʊˈteɪʃən) /
law the act of giving a dowry; endowment
Origin of dotation
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