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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  1. The Environment Endowment Fund, backed by $50 million from the World Bank, anchor long-term projects in research, innovation, and industrial adaptation.
    Dawn Editorials — Smog control in Punjab — 2025-11-14
  2. As a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, he played an important role in brokering the US-India nuclear deal during the George W.
    Dawn Editorials — A trove of secrets — 2025-10-18
  3. An Endowment Fund for Minority Welfare has been sanctioned for equal opportunities and resources, such as scholarships for trans persons and minorities.
    Dawn Editorials — Transgender policy — 2025-09-16
  4. In large parts of the post-colonial world, natural resource endowment has been a curse for local populations rather than a blessing.
    Dawn Editorials — Mineral bounties — 2025-04-11
  5. In large parts of the post-colonial world, natural resource endowment has been a curse for local populations rather than a blessing.
    Dawn Editorials — Mineral bounties — 2025-04-11
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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