endowment

[en-dou-muhnt]

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noun

the act of endowing.
the property, funds, etc., with which an institution or person is endowed.
Usually endowments. an attribute of mind or body; a gift of nature.

Origin of endowment

1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French endowement; see endow, -ment

Related formsnon·en·dow·ment, nounre·en·dow·ment, noun

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2. gift, grant, bequest. 3. capacity, talent, faculties, ability, capability.

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Contemporary Examples

The fund would then disburse the money based on a formula, providing regular payments until the endowment is exhausted.
One National Compassion Fund for All of America’s Tragedies
David Freedlander
March 23, 2013
And though Harvard has a $30.7 billion endowment, “there is no endowment dedicated to providing mental health services.”
Mental-Health Breakdown: When Harvard Fails Its Students
Eliza Shapiro
March 18, 2013
She believes that with a $1.8 billion endowment behind it, the university can well afford to pay restitution for their failures.
Penn State’s Hidden Victims
Diane Dimond
July 11, 2012
And he discussed some recent and very real troubles, as its endowment was whittled down.
Museums Are About the Art, Not Racking Up Big Numbers on Crowds and Revenue
Blake Gopnik
July 9, 2012
Harvard, for instance, reported a 2011 endowment of $31.7 billion—up from $25.5 billion in 2005.
Student Loan Subsidies Benefit Elites at Taxpayers’ Expense
Michael Medved
April 29, 2012

Historical Examples

But is an endowment ever a blessing to the man who receives it?
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3)
John Morley
"It's there you are a fool," she said, moved actually now by his numbness to his own endowment.
The Prisoner
Alice Brown
Immortal indeed, so long as sleep remains an endowment of humanity!
A Rent In A Cloud
Charles James Lever
Of the value of this endowment the Indian, with all his improvidence, had some notion.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877
Various
Besides the building, an endowment of £8,000 in Consols was left by the founder.
Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney
Geraldine Edith Mitton

British Dictionary definitions for endowment

endowment

noun

1. the source of income with which an institution, etc, is endowed
2. the income itself
the act or process of endowing
(usually plural) natural talents or qualities

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Word Origin and History for endowment

n.

mid-15c., "action of endowing," from endow + -ment. Meaning "property with which an institution or person is endowed" is from 1590s; that of "gift, power, advantage" is early 17c.

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Examples from the Web for endowment

Contemporary Examples

The fund would then disburse the money based on a formula, providing regular payments until the endowment is exhausted.

And though Harvard has a $30.7 billion endowment, “there is no endowment dedicated to providing mental health services.”

She believes that with a $1.8 billion endowment behind it, the university can well afford to pay restitution for their failures.

And he discussed some recent and very real troubles, as its endowment was whittled down.

Harvard, for instance, reported a 2011 endowment of $31.7 billion—up from $25.5 billion in 2005.

Historical Examples

But is an endowment ever a blessing to the man who receives it?

"It's there you are a fool," she said, moved actually now by his numbness to his own endowment.

Immortal indeed, so long as sleep remains an endowment of humanity!

Of the value of this endowment the Indian, with all his improvidence, had some notion.

Besides the building, an endowment of £8,000 in Consols was left by the founder.

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Word Origin and History for endowment

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