endow en‧dow [ɪnˈdaʊ] verb [transitive]
to give a sum of money to a college, hospital etc in order to give it an income:
• He planned the museum and helped raise the $55 million to build and endow it.
— endowment noun [countable, uncountable] :
• King's School received generous new endowments.
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endow UK US /ɪnˈdaʊ/ verb [T] SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
► to give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college, hospital, etc., or to provide an income for it: »
$1.5 million was donated to endow a university chair in his name.
Financial and business terms. 2012.