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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
  • architecture The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
  • cosmetics Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
  • That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
  • That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
  • The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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