Usage of "endowment" | TermGallery

Portuguese

dom

Catalan

facultats

Spanish

talento

Natural abilities or qualities.

dom

Portuguese

dotação

The capital that provides income for an institution.

endowment fund

dotação

Synonyms

Examples for "gift"

Three easy rules to start the gift process Do they need it? 
 The South African 

Department stores provide a solution to this problem by offering gift vouchers. 
 The Irish Times 

The gift of debate means the gift of making your opinion prevail. 
 The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 

A Dunkin' Donuts or Starbucks gift card is a really good gift. 
 NY Magazine 

Yet it also offered me a surprising gift: an education in capitalism. 
 The Guardian 

However, Woodward defended the change in approach to target young British talent. 
 News.com.au 

Good news for people without natural born talent: You don't need it. 
 Wired 

How can we encourage young talent to work in the public sector? 
 The Guardian 

Yet a talent drain lasting four years has taken a heavy toll. 
 The Guardian 

Attracting the right talent for the local market will be a challenge. 
 Reuters 

This, as a natural endowment, exists in Goethe, we conceive, to a very high degree. 
 Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life 

Neither rank nor genius nor any other natural endowment forms the only true basis of success. 
 A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the G... 

Here, too, man thought to rule, claiming the leadership by right of possession and natural endowment. 
 Daybreak; A Romance of an Old World 

And hence the differences between men in natural endowment are insignificant in comparison with their common wealth. 
 Essays — First Series 

Added to the forces of experience and surroundings was always that of his own personal, natural endowment. 
 Stories of Achievement, Volume III, Orators and Reformers 

Usage of endowment in English

Unexpected financial difficulties earlier this year required that the endowment be discontinued. 
 The Irish Times 

It would take great courage to give an endowment under such circumstances. 
 Chaosbound 

IN the first quarter of this year, 511 endowment mortgages were sold. 
 The Irish Times 

I want to be first to offer an endowment to my father. 
 The Wyrmling Horde 

We seem to be doing feeble next-to-nothings in the endowment of research. 
 An Englishman Looks at the World / Being a Series of Unrestraine... 

The site contains evidence of the galleon's original structure, ballast and endowment. 
 News.com.au 

He saw that the Messiah would surpass him in his special endowment. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke 

I've seen Runelords swoon from the pleasure when they take an endowment. 
 The Wyrmling Horde 

An endowment was also raised, partly in Japan, but chiefly in America. 
 Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic 

The money is to be known hereafter as the Semper Fidelis endowment. 
 Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus 

We have a nice endowment that came in part from Lillian Gish. 
 Wired 

Those who are rich in spiritual endowment will never be found bankrupt. 
 The Promised Land 

They showed their interest especially by the endowment of temples and monasteries. 
 A History of China 

There he received capacity and endowment for the reality of human existence. 
 Foundations of World Unity 

Still, even without an endowment of glamour, men sometimes found Erin attractive. 
 Brotherhood of the Wolf 

Accidental circumstances, natural and acquired endowment and ability, will vary their fortunes. 
 American Eloquence, Volume 4 / Studies In American Political His... 