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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Endowment \En*dow"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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: endowment n 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"
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