endowment

en·dow·ment  (n-doumnt)

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. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / 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

3. (usually plural) natural talents or qualities

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	endowment - natural abilities or qualities       natural endowment, talent, gift 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 endowment fund 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" giving, gift - the act of giving

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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

Translations

endowment [ɪnˈdaʊmənt]

A. N

1. (= act) → dotación f; (= creation) → fundación f, creación f; (= amount) → donación f

2. (fig) → dote f

B. CPD endowment assurance N → seguro m mixto, seguro m de vida-ahorro
endowment insurance N = endowment assurance endowment mortgage N (Brit) → hipoteca f avalada por una dote
endowment policy N (Brit) → póliza f dotal

endowment [ɪnˈdaʊmənt] n

(= money) → dotation f

[talent, quality] to have an endowment of sth → être doté(e) de qch
endowment fund n → fonds m de dotation
endowment mortgage n hypothèque liée à une assurance-vie
endowment policy n → assurance f à capital différé
end product n

(= final result) → résultat m

[industrial process] → produit m fini
end result n → résultat m final
end table n (US) (= coffee table) → table f basse

endowment

n

→ Stiftung f; endowments → Stiftungsgelder pl

(= natural talent etc) → Begabung f; his/her physical endowments (hum) → womit ihn/sie die Natur ausgestattet hat

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endowment:

endowment assurance

n → Versicherung f → auf den Erlebensfall, Erlebensversicherung f

endowment mortgage

n → Hypothek f → mit Lebensversicherung

endowment policy

n → Lebensversicherungspolice f

endowment [ɪnˈdaʊmənt] n

a. (gift of money) → donazione f

b. (see vt b) → istituzione f, fondazione f, donazione

c. (frm) (talent) → talento