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endowment
(mass) | endowment
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endowment
(encz) | endowment,dotace n: Pavel Machek |
endowment
(encz) | endowment,věnování n: Pavel Machek |
Endowment
(gcide) | Endowment \En*dow"ment\, n.
1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision
for support.
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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.
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3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind;
gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents;
-- usually in the plural.
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His early endowments had fitted him for the work he
was to do. --I. Taylor.
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endowment
(wn) | endowment
n 1: natural abilities or qualities [syn: endowment, gift,
talent, natural endowment]
2: the capital that provides income for an institution [syn:
endowment, endowment fund]
3: the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; "his
generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of
time" |
ENDOWMENT
(bouvier) | ENDOWMENT. The bestowing or assuring of a dower to a woman. It is sometimes
used: metaphorically, for the setting a provision for a charitable
institution, as the endowment of a hospital.
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endowment fund
(encz) | endowment fund, n: |
endowment insurance
(encz) | endowment insurance, n: |
endowments
(encz) | endowments,dotace pl. Zdeněk Brož |
factor endowment
(encz) | factor endowment, |
genetic endowment
(encz) | genetic endowment, n: |
mineral endowment
(encz) | mineral endowment,minerální dary přírody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
natural endowment
(encz) | natural endowment, n: |
Disendowment
(gcide) | Disendowment \Dis`en*dow"ment\, n.
The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
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[The] disendowment of the Irish Church. --G. B. Smith.
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Endowment
(gcide) | Endowment \En*dow"ment\, n.
1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision
for support.
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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.
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3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind;
gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents;
-- usually in the plural.
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His early endowments had fitted him for the work he
was to do. --I. Taylor.
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Endowment assurance
(gcide) | Insurance \In*sur"ance\, n. [From Insure.]
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1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage
by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a
stipulated consideration, called premium, one party
undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss
by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.
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Note: The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is
termed the insurer; the danger against which he
undertakes, the risk; the person protected, the
insured; the sum which he pays for the protection, the
premium; and the contract itself, when reduced to form,
the policy. --Johnson's Cyc.
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2. The premium paid for insuring property or life.
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3. The sum for which life or property is insured.
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4. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.]
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The most acceptable insurance of the divine
protection. --Mickle.
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5. Hence: Any means of assuring against loss; a precaution;
as, we always use our seat belts as insurance against
injury.
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Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by
reason of accident to the person.
Endowment insurance or Endowment assurance, a combination
of life insurance and investment such that if the person
upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain
specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if
he survives, it becomes due at the time specified. Also
called whole life insurance.
Fire insurance. See under Fire.
Insurance broker, a broker or agent who effects insurance.
Insurance company, a company or corporation whose business
it is to insure against loss, damage, or death.
Insurance policy, a certificate of insurance; the document
containing the contract made by an insurance company with
a person whose property or life is insured.
Life insurance. See under Life.
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Endowment insurance
(gcide) | Insurance \In*sur"ance\, n. [From Insure.]
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1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage
by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a
stipulated consideration, called premium, one party
undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss
by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6.
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Note: The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is
termed the insurer; the danger against which he
undertakes, the risk; the person protected, the
insured; the sum which he pays for the protection, the
premium; and the contract itself, when reduced to form,
the policy. --Johnson's Cyc.
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2. The premium paid for insuring property or life.
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3. The sum for which life or property is insured.
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4. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.]
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The most acceptable insurance of the divine
protection. --Mickle.
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5. Hence: Any means of assuring against loss; a precaution;
as, we always use our seat belts as insurance against
injury.
[PJC]
Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by
reason of accident to the person.
Endowment insurance or Endowment assurance, a combination
of life insurance and investment such that if the person
upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain
specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if
he survives, it becomes due at the time specified. Also
called whole life insurance.
Fire insurance. See under Fire.
Insurance broker, a broker or agent who effects insurance.
Insurance company, a company or corporation whose business
it is to insure against loss, damage, or death.
Insurance policy, a certificate of insurance; the document
containing the contract made by an insurance company with
a person whose property or life is insured.
Life insurance. See under Life.
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endowment fund
(wn) | endowment fund
n 1: the capital that provides income for an institution [syn:
endowment, endowment fund] |
endowment insurance
(wn) | endowment insurance
n 1: life insurance for a specified amount which is payable to
the insured person at the expiration of a certain period of
time or to a designated beneficiary immediately upon the
death of the insured |
genetic endowment
(wn) | genetic endowment
n 1: the total of inherited attributes [syn: heredity,
genetic endowment] |
natural endowment
(wn) | natural endowment
n 1: natural abilities or qualities [syn: endowment, gift,
talent, natural endowment] |
ENDOWMENT
(bouvier) | ENDOWMENT. The bestowing or assuring of a dower to a woman. It is sometimes
used: metaphorically, for the setting a provision for a charitable
institution, as the endowment of a hospital.
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