endowment

endowment is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
2. noun. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.
3. noun. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.
4. noun. the act of endowing with a permanent source of income

   "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time"

5. noun. natural abilities or qualities

   Synonyms: gift, talent

6. noun. the capital that provides income for an institution

Synonyms

gift, talent

Common word forms

endowments

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