English-Thai Dictionary

endowment

N การ บริจาค  donation grant kan-bo-ri-jak

 

endowment

N ความสามารถ  สมรรถนะ  ability qualification talent kwam-sa-mad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENDOWMENT

n.The act of settling dower on a woman, or of settling a fund or permanent provision for the support of a parson or vicar, or of a professor, etc. 1. That which is bestowed or settled on; property, fund or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as the endowments of a church, of a hospital, or of a college.
2. That which is given or bestowed on the person or mind by the creator; gift of nature; any quality or faculty bestowed by the Creator. Natural activity of limbs is an endowment of the body; natural vigor of intellect is an endowment of the mind. Chatham and Burke, in Great Britain, and Jan, Ellsworth and Hamilton, in America, possessed uncommon endowments of mind.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENDOWMENT

ENDOWMENT En *dow "ment, n.

 

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; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural. His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do. I.Taylor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

endowment

en dow ment |enˈdoumənt ɪnˈdaʊmənt | ▶noun the action of endowing something or someone: he tried to promote the endowment of a Chair of Psychiatry. • an income or form of property given or bequeathed to someone. • (usu. endowments ) a quality or ability possessed or inherited by someone. • [ usu. as modifier ] a form of life insurance involving payment of a fixed sum to the insured person on a specified date, or to their estate should they die before this date: an endowment policy.

 

endowment mortgage

en ¦dow |ment mort |gage ▶noun Brit. a mortgage linked to an endowment insurance policy which is intended to repay the capital sum on maturity.

 

Oxford Dictionary

endowment

en ¦dow |ment |ɪnˈdaʊm (ə )nt, ɛn- | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the action of endowing something or someone: he tried to promote the endowment of a Chair of Psychiatry. • [ count noun ] an income or form of property given or bequeathed to someone. 2 (usu. endowments ) a quality or ability possessed or inherited by someone. 3 [ usu. as modifier ] a form of life insurance involving payment of a fixed sum to the insured person on a specified date, or to their estate should they die before this date: an endowment policy.

 

endowment mortgage

en ¦dow |ment mort |gage ▶noun Brit. a mortgage linked to an endowment insurance policy which is intended to repay the capital sum on maturity.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

endowment

endowment noun 1 the endowment of a Chair of Botany: funding, financing, subsidizing; establishment, foundation, institution. 2 her will contained a generous endowment: bequest, legacy, inheritance; gift, present, grant, award, donation, contribution, subsidy, settlement; formal benefaction. 3 his natural endowments: quality, characteristic, feature, attribute, facility, faculty, ability, talent, gift, strength, aptitude, capability, capacity.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

endowment

endowment noun 1 the endowment of a chair of botany: funding, financing, subsidizing; donation of money for, provision of capital for, bequest of money for; establishment, establishing, foundation, institution, setting up, inauguration. 2 a generous endowment from the will of the late professor: bequest, bequeathal, legacy, inheritance; gift, present, benefaction, bestowal, grant, award, donation, contribution, subsidy, settlement, provision; Law devise, hereditament; historical alms; rare donative. 3 his taste and inquiring mind were natural endowments: quality, characteristic, feature, attribute, facility, faculty, ability, talent, gift, strength, aptitude, capability, capacity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

endowment

en d ó w ment 名詞 1 C 〖通例 ～s 〗 «…のための » (組織などへの )寄付金, 基金 «for » ; U 寄付 (行為 [をすること ]).2 C ｟かたく ｠〖通例 ～s 〗(生まれながらの )資質, 能力 .～́ ins ù rance [ass ù rance ]養老保険 .～́ m ò rtgage ｟英 ｠養老保険抵当融資 .～́ p ò licy ｟英 ｠〘法 〙養老保険証券 [証書 ].