Definitions for endowment



Overview of noun endowment

The noun endowment has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment

(natural abilities or qualities)

2. endowment, endowment fund

(the capital that provides income for an institution)

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")

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