Vocabulary
Endowment
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action of endowing something or someone.
Urdu meaning
چندہ، سرمایہ وقف، بندوبستی،
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- An Endowment Fund for Minority Welfare has been sanctioned for equal opportunities and resources, such as scholarships for trans persons and minorities.
- In large parts of the post-colonial world, natural resource endowment has been a curse for local populations rather than a blessing.
- In large parts of the post-colonial world, natural resource endowment has been a curse for local populations rather than a blessing.
- Under the new statute, the government has put its foot in the door by assigning crucial decision-making in endowment disputes to a state official.
- An endowment fund equivalent to £190m supplemented by development grants amounting to Rs100 billion may be created.
Synonyms
funding, financing, subsidizing; donation of money for, provision of capital for, bequest of money for;
Antonyms
disability, handicap, inability, incapacity
Curator example
“he tried to promote the endowment of a Chair of Psychiatry”
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