An endowment, a bequest, a grant.
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释义 | society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment > an endowment (7) dotation?c1430 An endowment, a bequest, a grant. foundationc1460 The fund or revenues appropriated to endow such an institution. Also U.S. (see quot. 1851). endowage?1529 Misreading, in N.E.D., of endowẽge (in 1530 ed.) (= endowing, n.). The earliest edition reads endowenge. feoffment1561 dialect. An endowment. endowment1597 concrete. The property or fund with which a society, institution, etc. is endowed. indument1602 = endowment, n. by-foundation1655 a second endowment or benefaction. |
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