Synonyms for endowment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : en-dou-muhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdaʊ mənt |
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Définition of endowment
Origin :- 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.
- noun large gift
- noun personal talent, ability
- But is an endowment ever a blessing to the man who receives it?
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley
- "It's there you are a fool," she said, moved actually now by his numbness to his own endowment.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Immortal indeed, so long as sleep remains an endowment of humanity!
- Extract from : « A Rent In A Cloud » by Charles James Lever
- Of the value of this endowment the Indian, with all his improvidence, had some notion.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 » by Various
- Besides the building, an endowment of £8,000 in Consols was left by the founder.
- Extract from : « Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney » by Geraldine Edith Mitton
- Not satisfied with this he has added an endowment fund of $500,000.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
- This state of things has produced the demand for the ‘Endowment of Research.’
- Extract from : « Oxford » by Andrew Lang
- Much was said in later years about the requirement of the endowment oath.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Mormons » by William Alexander Linn
- There must have been reasons in Whittington's mind for omitting any endowment of schools.
- Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant
- The existence of this endowment is perhaps not as widely known as it should be.
- Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Antonyms for endowment
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