endowment

[US]/ɪn'daʊm(ə)nt/
[UK]/ɪn'daʊmənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. regular financial support or donation; talent; retirement insurance.

Phrases & Collocations

financial endowment

endowment fund

endowment income

endowment insurance

natural endowment

factor endowment

Example Sentences

The hospital was founded on an endowment fund.

he tried to promote the endowment of a Chair of Psychiatry.

A year ago the foundation joined the ranks of notable small grantors by making endowments to eight more institutes at major universities.

Sichuan is saved endowment in the county cries covey of Yang Si village, it is the pygmean village with famed far and near.

Real-world Examples

The museum's last annual report values the endowment at $2.5 billion.

Source: The Economist - Arts

You mean situations where you need to protect the endowment.

Source: Out of Control Season 3

This will include an endowment to cover some of the maintenance costs.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Sweden's central bank created the endowment in 1968.

Source: Selected English short passages

Ironically, the colleges that already have the largest endowments tend to receive the biggest charitable donations.

Source: Daily English Listening | Bilingual Intensive Reading

And we're sitting up here worried about our endowment?

Source: the chair

Well, they're either collected in the field, donated, or purchased with endowments.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia Comprehensive Category

And since they have to rely on endowments, museums can't compete at million-dollar auctions.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia Comprehensive Category

Their clients include foreign governments and central banks, pension funds, university endowments, and charitable foundations.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

I guess their endowment is plenty big. They don't have any problem with that.

Source: BBC Listening Collection July 2020

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