endowmentn.

/ɛnˈdaʊmənt/

Forms: Also 1500s–1700s indow(e)ment.

Etymology: < endow v. + -ment suffix.

1. The action of endowing, in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > endowing with something

endowingc1440

endowmentc1460

indution1580

investiture1601

investment1624

clothing1875

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment

dotation1395

endowingc1440

endowmentc1460

dowment1528

c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 78 We have found undoubtydly what maner of Revenuz, is beste for the Endowment of the Crowne.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxix. f. xxiiii^v Of this firste Indowement of the Churche.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 135 Indowment..signifies properly the giving or assuring of dower to a woman.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §315. 139 Possession of the Free-hold by the endowment is vested in the Grandmother.

1852 C. J. Lever Daltons II. 259 You are anxious about the endowment of the Ursulines, and so am I.

2. concrete. The property or fund with which a society, institution, etc. is endowed.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > [noun]

benefice1340

livingc1426

benefit1554

church living1592

endowment1597

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment > an endowment

dotation?c1430

foundationc1460

endowage?1529

feoffment1561

endowment1597

indument1602

by-foundation1655

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 245 The goods of the Church are the sacred indowments of God.

1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) i. 39 O therefore that every Parish had an endowment fit for a learned, laborious, and worthy Pastor.

a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 617 Alms and endowments, the usual fruits of a late penitence.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 501 The estates of benefices..were applied to increasing the endowments of parish churches and schools.

1870 Daily News 16 Feb. The sacrifice of the endowments of the Irish Church.

†3.

a. Commercial advantage, profit. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun]

earningeOE

issuea1325

lucrec1380

lucre of gainc1386

return1419

feracityc1420

revenue1427

vantagec1430

afframing1440

revenue1440

availc1449

proventc1451

provenuec1487

rent1513

fardel1523

chevisance1535

gains1546

commodity1577

proceed1578

increasal1601

benefit1606

endowment1615

gaininga1631

superlucration1683

profit1697

bunce1706

making1837

bunt1851

plunder1851

yield1877

recovery1931

earner1970

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 12 The Lentiske tree, which is wel-nigh onely proper to Sio doth giue it the greatest renowne and endowment.

b. Property, possessions. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 79 Basil Olifant, who had agreed to take the field if he were insured possession of these women's worldly endowments.

4. A ‘gift’, power, capacity, or other advantage with which a person is endowed by nature or fortune.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent > a talent or special ability

gifta1300

dowerc1375

dowryc1440

faculty1490

indument1527

dote1546

furniture1561

vein1568

talent1602

acquirement1607

enduement1609

endowmentc1610

genius1611

congruity1659

feeling1808

feel1891

c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 12 The King's rare natural Endowments.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 5 Though the Catalogue of his endowments had bin tabled by his side.

1673 J. Dryden Assignation i. i. 1 A man of my extraordinary indowments.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 69 No Endowments of the Mind..were at all necessary.

1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men v. 209 With this wisdom of life, is the equal endowment of imaginative and of lyric power.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiv. 489 All corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress towards perfection.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations: (sense 2) endowment assurance n., endowment insurance a form of life insurance providing for the payment of an endowment or fixed sum to the insured person at a specified date, or (usually) to his representatives on his death, should that take place before the specified date of payment. endowment policy n. (also endowment insurance policy) a policy which provides for payment according to the above method. so endowment plan n. endowment mortgage n. a mortgage that is linked to an endowment policy such that the capital is repaid only when the policy matures or on the death of the borrower.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan > on security > mortgage > type of

repayment mortgage1933

endowment mortgage1965

option mortgage1966

shared equity mortgage1974

shared appreciation mortgage1976

1865 Nation (N.Y.) 1 157 Endowment Assurance Policies..are issued to persons desirous of making provisions for advanced life.

1871 Harper's Mag. Aug. 477 Benjamin P. Gunn..explaining the endowment plan to his guide.

1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 168/2 Endowment-Assurances.

1889 Cent. Dict. Endowment policy, or, in full, Endowment insurance policy.

1895 E. Carroll Princ. Finance 298 Insurance is divided into Accident and Casualty Insurance, Endowment Insurance, Fire Insurance, Life Insurance, Marine Insurance, etc.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 5 Feb. 6/3 The Equity and Law seems to be the only office to which the public should take their endowment assurance business.

1898 Daily News 26 Feb. 8/1 The favourite system of insurance is the endowment plan, is it not?

1962 Which? June 183/1 In this report, we compare non-profit and with-profits endowment assurance policies.

1965 Building Societies Inst. Q. Apr. 101 The paragraphs on endowment mortgages are rather confused and incomplete.

1986 What Mortgage June 14/3 An endowment mortgage is automatically linked to an endowment assurance policy provided by an insurance company.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	endowment
释义	endowmentn. /ɛnˈdaʊmənt/ Forms: Also 1500s–1700s indow(e)ment. Etymology: < endow v. + -ment suffix. 1. The action of endowing, in various senses. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > endowing with something endowingc1440 endowmentc1460 indution1580 investiture1601 investment1624 clothing1875 society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment dotation1395 endowingc1440 endowmentc1460 dowment1528 c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1714) 78 We have found undoubtydly what maner of Revenuz, is beste for the Endowment of the Crowne. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxix. f. xxiiii^v Of this firste Indowement of the Churche. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 135 Indowment..signifies properly the giving or assuring of dower to a woman. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §315. 139 Possession of the Free-hold by the endowment is vested in the Grandmother. 1852 C. J. Lever Daltons II. 259 You are anxious about the endowment of the Ursulines, and so am I. 2. concrete. The property or fund with which a society, institution, etc. is endowed. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > [noun] benefice1340 livingc1426 benefit1554 church living1592 endowment1597 society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment > an endowment dotation?c1430 foundationc1460 endowage?1529 feoffment1561 endowment1597 indument1602 by-foundation1655 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 245 The goods of the Church are the sacred indowments of God. 1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) i. 39 O therefore that every Parish had an endowment fit for a learned, laborious, and worthy Pastor. a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 617 Alms and endowments, the usual fruits of a late penitence. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 501 The estates of benefices..were applied to increasing the endowments of parish churches and schools. 1870 Daily News 16 Feb. The sacrifice of the endowments of the Irish Church. †3. a. Commercial advantage, profit. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] earningeOE issuea1325 lucrec1380 lucre of gainc1386 return1419 feracityc1420 revenue1427 vantagec1430 afframing1440 revenue1440 availc1449 proventc1451 provenuec1487 rent1513 fardel1523 chevisance1535 gains1546 commodity1577 proceed1578 increasal1601 benefit1606 endowment1615 gaininga1631 superlucration1683 profit1697 bunce1706 making1837 bunt1851 plunder1851 yield1877 recovery1931 earner1970 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 12 The Lentiske tree, which is wel-nigh onely proper to Sio doth giue it the greatest renowne and endowment. b. Property, possessions. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 79 Basil Olifant, who had agreed to take the field if he were insured possession of these women's worldly endowments. 4. A ‘gift’, power, capacity, or other advantage with which a person is endowed by nature or fortune. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent > a talent or special ability gifta1300 dowerc1375 dowryc1440 faculty1490 indument1527 dote1546 furniture1561 vein1568 talent1602 acquirement1607 enduement1609 endowmentc1610 genius1611 congruity1659 feeling1808 feel1891 c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 12 The King's rare natural Endowments. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 5 Though the Catalogue of his endowments had bin tabled by his side. View more context for this quotation 1673 J. Dryden Assignation i. i. 1 A man of my extraordinary indowments. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 69 No Endowments of the Mind..were at all necessary. 1850 R. W. Emerson Shakspeare in Representative Men v. 209 With this wisdom of life, is the equal endowment of imaginative and of lyric power. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiv. 489 All corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress towards perfection. Compounds attributive and in other combinations: (sense 2) endowment assurance n., endowment insurance a form of life insurance providing for the payment of an endowment or fixed sum to the insured person at a specified date, or (usually) to his representatives on his death, should that take place before the specified date of payment. endowment policy n. (also endowment insurance policy) a policy which provides for payment according to the above method. so endowment plan n. endowment mortgage n. a mortgage that is linked to an endowment policy such that the capital is repaid only when the policy matures or on the death of the borrower. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan > on security > mortgage > type of repayment mortgage1933 endowment mortgage1965 option mortgage1966 shared equity mortgage1974 shared appreciation mortgage1976 1865 Nation (N.Y.) 1 157 Endowment Assurance Policies..are issued to persons desirous of making provisions for advanced life. 1871 Harper's Mag. Aug. 477 Benjamin P. Gunn..explaining the endowment plan to his guide. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 168/2 Endowment-Assurances. 1889 Cent. Dict. Endowment policy, or, in full, Endowment insurance policy. 1895 E. Carroll Princ. Finance 298 Insurance is divided into Accident and Casualty Insurance, Endowment Insurance, Fire Insurance, Life Insurance, Marine Insurance, etc. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 5 Feb. 6/3 The Equity and Law seems to be the only office to which the public should take their endowment assurance business. 1898 Daily News 26 Feb. 8/1 The favourite system of insurance is the endowment plan, is it not? 1962 Which? June 183/1 In this report, we compare non-profit and with-profits endowment assurance policies. 1965 Building Societies Inst. Q. Apr. 101 The paragraphs on endowment mortgages are rather confused and incomplete. 1986 What Mortgage June 14/3 An endowment mortgage is automatically linked to an endowment assurance policy provided by an insurance company. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1460
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