noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:ĭn-douʹmənt
UK:ĕn-
UK:/ɪnˈdaʊmənt/
UK:/ɛnˈdaʊmənt/
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US:ĕn-douʹmənt
US:ĭn-
US:/ɛnˈdaʊmənt/
US:/ɪnˈdaʊmənt/
CMU ARPABET:EH0 N D AW1 M AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
1932, Robert Clarkson Clothier, after assuming the presidency of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey I seem to see a great university, great in endowment, in land, in buildings, in equipment, but greater still, second to none, in its practical idealism, and its social usefulness.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, insurance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Mormonism, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the act of endowing with a permanent source of income
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: giving, gift
6
noun
Meaning 6
natural abilities or qualities
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gift, talent, natural endowment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural ability
Narrower terms: bent, knack, hang, flair, genius, raw talent
7
noun
Meaning 7
the capital that provides income for an institution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: endowment fund
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: capital
Narrower terms: patrimony, chantry
History
Etymology
From Middle English endowement; equivalent to endow + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
дар
(dar)
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Czech:
dar
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Czech:
dárek
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Dutch:
gift
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Finnish:
lahja
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Finnish:
lahjat
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
French:
dotation
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Greek:
χάρισμα
(chárisma)
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Irish:
maoiniú
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Italian:
dotazione
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Portuguese:
dotação
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Russian:
дар
(dar)
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Slovene:
donacija
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Spanish:
dote
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Spanish:
dotación
— something with which a person or thing is endowed
Bulgarian:
дарение
(darenie)
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Czech:
dotace
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Czech:
dar
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Dutch:
dotatie
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Finnish:
lahjoituspääoma
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Finnish:
säätiöpääoma
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Finnish:
kantarahasto
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Finnish:
säätiö
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Finnish:
lahjoitus
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Greek:
δωρεά
(doreá)
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Indonesian:
sokongan
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Indonesian:
dukungan
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Irish:
maoineas
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Irish:
maoininú
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Italian:
stanziamento
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Serbo-Croatian:
zaklada
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Spanish:
donación
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Spanish:
legado
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Spanish:
dotación
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Spanish:
capital
— property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution
Finnish:
säästöhenkivakuutus
— form of life insurance
Indonesian:
dwiguna
— form of life insurance
Indonesian:
manfaat ganda
— form of life insurance
