endowment
noun
Simple meaning
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɛnˈdaʊmənt
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
insurance
Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
Used this way, endowment is a reasonably familiar word with a mildly favourable edge. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Positive and appreciative
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use endowment
- “His generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time.”noun
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