An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ENDOWMENT
endowment
(noun) the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; “his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time”
endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment
(noun) natural abilities or qualities
endowment, endowment fund
(noun) the capital that provides income for an institution
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
endowment (plural endowments)
Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.
(insurance) Endowment assurance or pure endowment.
Synonyms
• (something with which a person or thing is endowed): gift
Source: Wiktionary
En*dow"ment, n.
1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.
2. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.
3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural. His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do. I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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