From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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) 2.0 [wn]:
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"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
174 Moby Thesaurus words for "endowment": Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, TLC, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, abilities, ability, accommodation, accordance, accouterment, allele, allelomorph, allotment, allowance, appanage, aptitudes, armament, attributes, award, awarding, bequest, bestowal, bestowment, birth, bread, bump, caliber, capabilities, capability, capacities, capacity, care, catering, chandlery, character, characteristics, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome, communication, concession, conferment, conferral, contribution, daily bread, deliverance, delivery, determinant, determiner, diathesis, donation, dot, dower, dowry, economic support, empowerment, enablement, endowments, equipment, eugenics, factor, faculty, finding, fitting out, flair, forte, foundation, furnishing, furnishment, gene, genesiology, genetic code, genetics, genius, gift, gifting, gifts, giving, grant, granting, hereditability, heredity, heritability, heritage, impartation, impartment, inborn capacity, inheritability, inheritance, instinct, investiture, investment, jointure, keep, legal jointure, liberality, livelihood, living, logistics, long suit, maintenance, makings, manna, marriage portion, matrocliny, meat, metier, mothering, natural endowment, natural gift, nourishment, nurture, offer, outfitting, parts, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, portion, potential, power, powers, preparation, present, presentation, presentment, price support, procurement, properties, providing, provision, provisioning, purveyance, qualification, recessive character, reinforcement, replenishment, replication, resupply, retailing, selling, settlement, speciality, strengths, strong flair, strong point, subscription, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, supply, supplying, support, surrender, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, talent, talents, tender loving care, the goods, the stuff, thirds, upkeep, victualing, vouchsafement, what it takes
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