endowment
Example Sentences
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Pensions, university endowments and insurers now keep a lot of their money in long-term, hard-to-trade investments.
The private markets, long the preserve of institutional investors such as pension systems and endowments, are being reshaped by a surge of capital from wealthy individuals.
Yes, it’s a drop in the bucket compared with Harvard’s gigantic $57 billion endowment.
From MarketWatch
Ten people, including a woman and a young girl, were killed when a ministry of religious endowments building in the eastern Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City was hit, according to rescuers.
From BBC
To pay the bills the museum has also been drawing down the endowment.
From Los Angeles Times
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