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en·dow·ment
(ĕn-dou′mənt)n.
1. The act of endowing.
2. Funds or property donated to an institution, individual, or group as a source of income.
3. A natural gift, ability, or quality.
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endowment
(ɪnˈdaʊmənt)n
1. (Banking & Finance)
a. the source of income with which an institution, etc, is endowed
b. the income itself
2. the act or process of endowing
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en•dow•ment
(ɛnˈdaʊ mənt)n.
1. the act of endowing.
2. the property, funds, etc., with which an institution or person is endowed.
3. Often, endowments. an attribute of mind or body; natural ability.
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| Noun | 1. |  endowment - natural abilities or qualities natural ability - ability that is inherited hang, knack, bent - a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" flair, genius - a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating" raw talent - powerfully impressive talent |
| 2. | endowment - the capital that provides income for an institution patrimony - a church endowment chantry - an endowment for the singing of Masses capital - wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value | |
| 3. | endowment - 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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endowment
noun
1. provision, fund, funding, award, income, grant, gift, contribution, revenue, subsidy, presentation, donation, legacy, hand-out, boon, bequest, stipend, bestowal, benefaction, largesse or largess The company gave the Oxford Union a generous £1m endowment.
2. (often plural) talent, power, feature, quality, ability, gift, capacity, characteristic, attribute, qualification, genius, faculty, capability, flair, aptitude individuals with higher-than-average intellectual endowments
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
مَوْهِبَه، مَنْح، دَخْل مَوْقوف
evnegave
lahjalahjoitus
alapítvány
hæfileikar, gáfur
dotácia
Allah vergisimeziyet
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
endowment
[ɪnˈdaʊmənt] n (= money) → dotation f
[talent, quality] to have an endowment of sth → être doté(e) de qchendowment fund n → fonds m de dotationendowment mortgage n hypothèque liée à une assurance-vieendowment policy n → assurance f à capital différéend product n
(= final result) → résultat m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
endowment
n
(= natural talent etc) → Begabung f; his/her physical endowments (hum) → womit ihn/sie die Natur ausgestattet hat
endowment
:endowment assurance
n → Versicherung f → auf den Erlebensfall, Erlebensversicherung f
endowment mortgage
n → Hypothek f → mit Lebensversicherung
endowment policy
n → Lebensversicherungspolice f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
endowment
[ɪnˈdaʊmənt] na. (gift of money) → donazione f
b. (see vt b) → istituzione f, fondazione f, donazione
c. (frm) (talent) → talento
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
endow
(inˈdau) verb to provide. She was endowed with great beauty.
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