n. 25B6; noun
the endowment of a Chair of Botany : FUNDING, financing, subsidizing; establishment, foundation, institution.
a generous endowment : BEQUEST, legacy, inheritance; gift, present, grant, award, donation, contribution, subsidy, settlement; formal benefaction.
his natural endowments : QUALITY, characteristic, feature, attribute, facility, faculty, ability, talent, gift, strength, aptitude, capability, capacity.