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endowment(
ehn
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dau
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mihnt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (finance)
a. la donación (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The couple gave a $1,000,000 endowment to the children's hospital.La pareja hizo una donación de $1,000,000 al hospital infantil.
The endowment the oil tycoon gave the university was used to create a scholarship program.La donación que el magnate petrolero le dio a la universidad fue usado para crear un programa de becas.
b. el legado (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A local millionaire left an endowment of over $2,000,000 to the university for cancer research.Un millonario de la zona, dejó un legado de más de $2,000,000 a la universidad para la investigación del cáncer.
2. (attribute)
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