endowment Definition
en·dow·ment (en do̵u′mənt, in-)
noun
- the act of endowing
- that with which something is endowed; specif., any bequest or gift that provides an income for an institution or person
- a gift of nature; inherent talent, ability, quality, etc.
Etymology: ME endouement
endowment Synonyms
endowment
n.
A gift
A human quality or special capacity
talent, gift, qualification; see ability 1.That which supplies perpetual support
benefit, provision, bequest, grant, pension, stipend, legacy, inheritance, subsidy, revenue, trust, subvention, dispensation, bestowal, nest egg*. The act of providing perpetual support
funding, subsidizing, providing an endowment for, setting up, supporting, giving money to, giving money for, establishing, underwriting, granting in perpetuity; see also establishing 1, giving.
endowment Finance Definition
endowment Usage Examples
Possessives
charity: Normally, trustees cannot spend any part of the charity's permanent endowment.
Converse of object
- possess: The school possesses an ancient endowment of £ 100, the bequest of various donors now unknown.
- constitute: All these salaries are paid from the various funds constituting the endowment of the schools.
- sell: Selling endowments on the traded endowments market usually results in better value than dealing directly with the life company.
- spend: The trustees cannot normally spend permanent endowment without our authority.
Adjective modifier
- expendable: In reality many charities with an expendable endowment depend on the income it produces to fund core or continuing activities.
- mis-sold: Q. We received a letter from Barclays Bank offering compensation for a mis-sold endowment.
- traded: Traded endowments are with-profits endowment policies that have been sold by the original owners before their maturity date.
- permanent: Normally, trustees cannot spend any part of the charity's permanent endowment.
- generous: The prize has been funded by a generous endowment set up by Mrs Jeffrey's son Dr. Alan Jeffrey.
- genetic: Their grasp effects the genetic endowment of future generations.
Modifies a noun
- mis-selling: My client is having great problems getting her mortgage endowment mis-selling complaint sorted.
- misselling: The Financial Services Authority rules require endowment misselling claims to be submitted within three years of receipt of the first red letter.
- shortfall: The most up-to-date FSA figures on endowment shortfall sizes are from last summer.
- policyholder: Claims companies are targeting endowment policyholders facing shortfalls on their policies, with the promise of compensation through the courts.
- mortgage: They cannot buy a house with an endowment mortgage without being obliged to do the same.
- compensation: No win, no fee on endowment compensation claims.
Noun used with modifier
- with-profits: Finally - and I didn't think my fingers would ever get to type this sentence - good news for with-profits endowment policy holders.
- mortgage: For mortgage endowments â the subject matter of two thirds of our workload â the picture is even clearer.
- capital: In some kinds of rational and far sighted worlds a regular basic income and popular capital endowment amount to the same thing.
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