endowment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: endowment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for endowment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endowment n natural abilities or qualities [syn: endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment] the capital that provides income for an institution Synonym(s): endowment, endowment fund the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Endowment \Endow"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.