endowment
Definitions
An income or form of property given or bequeathed to someone or an institution.
A natural quality, talent, or ability possessed by a person.
The action of endowing or the state of being endowed.
Examples
The university received a generous endowment to fund new research initiatives in the science department.
She was blessed with a natural endowment for music, mastering the piano at a very young age.
Synonyms
Antonyms
deprivation lack deficiency need poverty inability incompetence