endowment
noun
[ ɪnˈdaʊm(ə)nt ]
• the action of endowing something or someone.
• "he tried to promote the endowment of a Chair of Psychiatry"
Similar:
funding,
financing,
subsidizing,
donation of money for,
provision of capital for,
bequest of money for,
establishment,
establishing,
foundation,
institution,
setting up,
inauguration,
• a quality or ability possessed or inherited by someone.
• "his natural endowments were his height and intelligence"
Similar:
quality,
characteristic,
feature,
attribute,
facility,
faculty,
ability,
talent,
gift,
strength,
aptitude,
capability,
capacity,
• a form of life insurance involving payment of a fixed sum to the insured person on a specified date, or to their estate should they die before this date.
• "an endowment policy"
