Synonyms for endowment
ɛnˈdaʊ mənten·dow·ment

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1. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   gift

2. endowmentnoun

   Something with which a person or thing is endowed.

   Every man is endowed with free will, that is our greatest endowment.

   Synonyms:
   gift

3. endowmentnoun

   The invested funds of a not-for-profit institution.

   Rich alumni have given Harvard an endowment worth billions, the interest on which supports the college handsomely.

   Synonyms:
   gift

4. endowmentnoun

   The penis.

   She was very impressed by his endowment.

   Synonyms:
   gift

5. endowmentnoun

   The breasts.

   Synonyms:
   gift

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1. endowment

   Synonyms:
   gift, provision, benefit, benefaction, talent, capacity, attainment, qualification

   Antonyms:
   impoverishment, spoliation, disendowment, incapacity, poverty, lack

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1. endowment, gift, talent, natural endowmentnoun

   natural abilities or qualities

   Synonyms:
   talent, natural endowment, endowment fund, gift, giving

2. endowment, endowment fundnoun

   the capital that provides income for an institution

   Synonyms:
   talent, natural endowment, endowment fund, gift

3. endowmentnoun

   the act of endowing with a permanent source of income

   "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time"

   Synonyms:
   talent, natural endowment, endowment fund, gift

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1. • Giving

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1. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   gift, grant, bequest, boon, largess, bounty, present

2. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   property, fund, revenue

3. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   talent, faculty, quality, power, ability, capacity, capability, aptitude, parts, genius, qualification

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1. endowmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   dotation, bounty, grant, bequest, talent, faculty, dower

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1. List of paraphrases for "endowment":

   staffing, endowments, staffing, strength, donation, allocation, heritage, waqf, manning, wakfs

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How to use endowment in a sentence?

1. Ofer Sela:

   This has encouraged new limited partners from China and Israeli institutional investors to join the more traditional investors in Israeli VCs, such as university endowment and U.S. public pension funds.

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:

   Nothing is so frequent as to mistake an ordinary human gift for a special and extraordinary endowment.

3. Adam Andrzejewski:

   They have got an endowment, right? they can use their endowed funds – they don’t need public funds – to fund studies.

4. The NEA:

   Unlike other Arts Endowment funding programs that offer project-based support, American Rescue Plan funds are intended to support day-to-day business expenses/operating costs, and not specific programmatic activities. These funds are intended to help support jobs in the arts sector, keep the doors open to arts organizations nationwide, and assist the field in its response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The ARP funding awarded to Fresh Meat Productions and Queer Cultural Center is to support staff salaries.

5. Jack Sproule:

   The stock market has been beneficial for our endowment, because we were well-invested, we weren't badly hurt by the financial crisis of 2008.