endowment

noun

1. Something with which a person or thing is endowed.

2. Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.

3. insuranceEndowment assurance or pure endowment.

4. mormonismA ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife.

5. Natural abilities or qualities

   Similar: gift, talent, natural endowment

6. The capital that provides income for an institution

   Similar: endowment fund

7. The act of endowing with a permanent source of income

   “his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time”