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Look up: Endowment

  1. endowment
    [n] - the capital that provides income for an institution 2. [n] - natural qualities or talents 3. [n] - the act of endowing with a permanent source of income
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Endowment
    An investment product that a borrower pays into over the course of a mortgage that is designed to pay a lump sum which can then be used to repay a mortgage debt. (it also provides life cover of a certain amount). Endowments can be used alongside an interest only mortgage.
    Found on http://www.ukifas.co.uk/glossary.shtml

  3. Endowment
    An endowment policy is a life assurance savings scheme which allows you to pay in a regular sum of money, usually on a monthly basis, for a fixed period of time, whilst providing you with life assurance. The money paid into the scheme can be invested in a range of different ways, including stocks and shares
    Found on http://www.adverse-mortgage-centre.co.uk

  4. Endowment
    A gift such as money or property to an institution for a given... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/endowment.htm?id=467&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of endowment'>more</a>
    Found on http://www.finance-glossary.com/pages/ho

  5. endowment
    investment funds established for the support of institutions such as colleges,private schools,museums,hospitals,and foundations Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • capital stock placed at the disposal of a public authority entity by a country or state or municipality,or capital stock made available by a firm to its dependent branch or branches Category: Financial affa...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Endowment
    En·dow'ment noun 1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support. 2. 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. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplish ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/39

  7. endowment
    1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support. ... 2. 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. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; a ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. endowment
    gift noun natural abilities or qualities
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. endowment
    noun the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; `his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. endowment
    endowment fund noun the capital that provides income for an institution
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. endowment
    In a general equilibrium model, an individual's endowment is a vector made up of quantities of every possible good that the individual starts out with. Contexts: general equilibrium; models
    Found on http://www.econterms.com/glossary.cgi?qu

  12. Endowment
    Gift of money or property to a specified institution for a specified purpose.
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg

  13. Endowment
    • (n.) The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support. • (n.) 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. • (n.) That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mi...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. endowment
    (from the article `Mormon`) ...by proxy for those who died without knowledge of the truth. The Mormons` interest in genealogy proceeds from their concern to save the deceased ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/30

  15. Endowment
    The amount of something that a person or country simply has, rather than their having somehow to acquire it. In the H-O Model of trade theory, endowments refer to primary factors of production, ignoring the fact that some of them -- especially capital and skill -- are deliberately accumulated.
    Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/

  16. endowment
    1. natural qualities or talents
    2. the capital that provides income for an institution
    3. the act of endowing with a permanent source of income

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