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endowment

noun
/ɪnˈdaʊmənt/UK/ɛnˈdaʊmənt/US

Etymology

From Middle English endowement; equivalent to endow + -ment.

  1. inherited from endowement

Definitions

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

    • We must not, in opening our schools to everyone, confuse the idea that all should have equal chance with the notion that all have equal endowments.

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

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

  3. Endowment assurance or pure endowment.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife.

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Derived

antiendowment, disendowment, endowment effect, endowment-linked mortgage, endowment mortgage, endowment policy, reendowment

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at endowment. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at endowment. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at endowment

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA