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| Main Entry: | endowment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large gift |
| Synonyms: | award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, boon, bounty, dispensation, donation, fund, grant, gratuity, income, inheritance, largess, legacy, nest egg, pension, presentation, property, provision, revenue, stake, stipend, subsidy, trust, bestowal, funding, gifting |
| Antonyms: | loss |
| Main Entry: | endowment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal talent, ability |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, attribute, capability, capacity, faculty, flair, genius, gift, power, qualification, quality, turn, habilitation |
| Antonyms: | drawback, inability, weakness |
| Main Entry: | award |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prize or reward |
| Synonyms: | accolade, adjudication, allotment, citation, decision, decoration, decree, distinction, donation, endowment, gift, gold, grant, honor, order, presentation, scholarship, trophy, verdict, bestowal, conferment, conferral, feather in cap, gold star |
| Notes: | an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts |
| Main Entry: | bequest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given in will |
| Synonyms: | devise, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, settlement, trust, bequeathal, bequeathment, bestowal, devisal, dower |
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical feature, trait |
| Synonyms: | affection, aspect, attribute, badge, bag, bearing, bent, caliber, cast, complexion, component, disposition, distinction, earmark, endowment, essence, essential, faculty, flavor, frame, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, mannerism, mark, mood, nature, originality, peculiarity, personality, point, property, quality, specialty, streak, stripe, style, symptom, temperament, tendency, thing, tinge, tone, trademark, turn, virtue, differentia, lineament, particularity, singularity, thumbprint |
| Antonyms: | abnormality |
| Main Entry: | charter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treaty, agreement |
| Synonyms: | allotment, bond, code, concession, constitution, contract, conveyance, deed, document, endowment, franchise, grant, indenture, license, pact, patent, permit, prerogative, privilege, right, settlement |
| Main Entry: | donation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift |
| Synonyms: | a hand, aid, allowance, alms, appropriation, assistance, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, boon, charity, contribution, do one's part, dole, endowment, gifting, grant, gratuity, handout, help, helping hand* largess, lump, offering, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, write-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fund |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repository, reserve |
| Synonyms: | armamentarium, capital, endowment, foundation, hoard, inventory, kitty*, mine, pool*, reservoir, source, stock, store, storehouse, supply, treasury, trust, vein |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | genius |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift of high intellect |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, acumen, acuteness, adept, aptitude, astuteness, bent, brain, capability, capacity, creativity, discernment, endowment, expert, faculty, flair, grasp, head, imagination, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, intelligence, knack, mature, originality, perspicacity, power, prodigy, propensity, prowess, reach, sagacity, talent, turn, understanding, virtuoso, wisdom, Einstein, aptness, brilliance, inventiveness, percipience, precocity, superability |
| Antonyms: | idiot, imbecile |
| Main Entry: | grant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | allowance, gift |
| Synonyms: | admission, allocation, allotment, alms, appropriation, assistance, award, benefaction, bequest, boon, bounty, charity, concession, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fellowship, gratuity, handout, lump, present, privilege, reward, scholarship, stipend, subsidy |
| Antonyms: | forfeit, loss |
| Main Entry: | heritage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's background, tradition |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, bequest, birthright, convention, culture, custom, endowment, estate, fashion, inheritance, legacy, lot, patrimony, portion, right, share, tradition, dowry, heirship, heritance |
| Main Entry: | investment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given, lent for a return |
| Synonyms: | advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, interests, investing, smart money, spec, vested interests |
| Antonyms: | divestment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | largess |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | generosity |
| Synonyms: | aid, alms, altruistic, benefaction, benevolent, charitable, charity, donation, endowment, generous, gift, giving, philanthropy, thoughtful |
| Main Entry: | legacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inheritance, heritage |
| Synonyms: | bequest, birthright, devise, endowment, estate, gift, heirloom, tradition, throwback |
| Main Entry: | philanthropy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humanitarianism |
| Synonyms: | alms, altruism, assistance, benefaction, charity, contribution, dole, donation, endowment, fund, generosity, helping hand, relief, alms-giving, beneficence, gifting, good works |
| Main Entry: | subsidy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money given to help another |
| Synonyms: | aid, alimony, allowance, appropriation, assistance, bequest, bonus, bounty, contribution, endowment, fellowship, gift, grant, gratuity, help, honorarium, indemnity, payment, pension, premium, reward, scholarship, support, tribute, financial aid, subsidization, subvention |
| Main Entry: | talent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, art, bent*, capability, capacity, craft, endowment, expertise, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, green thumb, head*, knack*, know-how*, nose*, power, savvy*, set, skill, smarts*, thing*, turn*, a way with, aptness, inventiveness, the formula, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, lack, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enrichment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advancement |
| Synonyms: | embellishment, endowment, enhancement, improvement |
| Main Entry: | price support |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | government subsidy |
| Synonyms: | depletion allowance, endowment, subsidy, economic support, subsidization, subvention, tax benefit, write-off |
| Main Entry: | ability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power to act, perform |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, capability, capacity, competence, comprehension, dexterity, endowment, facility, faculty, intelligence, might, qualification, skill, strength, talent, understanding, competency, potentiality, resourcefulness |
| Antonyms: | impotence, inability, limitation, paralysis |
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