- endowment, donation
- عَطاء \ endowment, donation. \ See Also منحة (مِنْحة)
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
endowment, donation
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endowment — en·dow·ment n 1: the act or process of endowing 2: a result or product of endowing: as a: the income of an institution derived from donations the university s ability to attract endowment b: the property (as a fund) donated to an institution or… … Law dictionary
donation — do·na·tion n 1: the making of an esp. charitable gift 2 in the civil law of Louisiana: a voluntary transfer of ownership of property from one person to another compare sale dis·guised donation: a transfer of property (as a sale) that does not… … Law dictionary
donation — donation, benefaction, contribution, alms are comparable when they denote a gift of money or its equivalent for a charitable, philanthropic, or humanitarian object. Donation is freely used for such a gift {blood donations} {seeking small… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Endowment — • A property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated for the support of any person, institution, or object, as a student, professorship, school, hospital Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Endowment Endowment … Catholic encyclopedia
endowment — [n1] large gift award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, funding, gifting, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue,… … New thesaurus
donation — (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. donacion (13c.), from L. donationem (nom. donatio) a presenting, giving, noun of action from pp. stem of donare give as a gift, from donum gift, from PIE *donum gift (Cf. Skt. danam offering, present, O.C.S. dani… … Etymology dictionary
donation — [n] gift a hand*, aid, allowance, alms, appropriation, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, boon, charity, contribution, dole, do one’s part*, endowment, gifting, grant, gratuity, handout, help, helping hand* largess, lump, offering,… … New thesaurus
endowment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. property, fund, foundation; gift, bestowal, dower, dowry; power; ability, faculty, aptitude, capacity, talent, bent. See giving, skill, possession. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A gift] Syn. donation, grant … English dictionary for students
Endowment — A financial asset donation made to a non profit group or institution in the form of investment funds or other property that has a stated purpose at the bequest of the donor. Most endowments are designed to keep the principal amount intact while… … Investment dictionary
endowment — noun 1) the endowment of a Chair of Botany Syn: funding, financing, subsidizing; establishment, foundation, institution 2) her will contained a generous endowment Syn: bequest, legacy, inheritance; gift, present … Thesaurus of popular words
endowment — Synonyms and related words: Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, TLC, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, abilities, ability, accommodation, accordance, accouterment,… … Moby Thesaurus
