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endowed chair

endowed chair noun: an endowed faculty position which is supported by the annual payout from a privately funded endowment. The endowment may cover the faculty salary, research and travel stipends or other associated costs and continues in perpetuity.

Noun

endowed chair (plural endowed chairs)

  1. (US) An endowed faculty position which is supported by the annual payout from a privately funded endowment. The endowment may cover the faculty salary, research and travel stipends or other associated costs and continues in perpetuity.

Forms of endowed chair

pluralendowed chairs

Questions about endowed chair

What does endowed chair mean?
Endowed chair means an endowed faculty position which is supported by the annual payout from a privately funded endowment. The endowment may cover the faculty salary, research and travel stipends or other associated costs and continues in perpetuity.
What part of speech is endowed chair?
Endowed chair is a noun.
What is the plural of endowed chair?
The plural of endowed chair is endowed chairs.

Words near endowed chair in the dictionary

  1. endovesiculation
  2. endovesiculations
  3. endow
  4. endowable
  5. endowed
  6. endowed chair
  7. endowed chairs
  8. endowedst
  9. endower
  10. endowered
  11. endowering

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