Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Endowment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
endowment
n 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"
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