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Another word for endowment

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Noun

  1. A gift

    See also:

    gift

  2. A human quality or special capacity

    See also:

    ability

  3. That which supplies perpetual support

  4. The act of providing perpetual support

    See also:

    giving

    establishing

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Sentence Examples

  • In 1909 the endowment was about $1,389,600, and the school property was valued at about $1,117,660.

  • distributed large sums in charity, and at his own charges placed costly astronomical instruments in the Vatican observatory, providing also accommodation and endowment for a staff of officials.

  • Campbell, a Belfast merchant, who left 200,000 for the building and endowment of a public school.

  • Another educational endowment is Freeman's school, founded by John Freeman in 1711.

  • One conspicuous feature of the Bosnian land-system is the Moslem Vakuf, or ecclesiastical property, consisting of estates dedicated to such charitable purposes as poor-relief, and the endowment of mosques, schools, hospitals, cemeteries and baths.

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