endowment vs provision

endowment

noun
  • 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. 

  • Endowment assurance or pure endowment. 

  • A ceremony designed to prepare participants for their role in the afterlife. 

provision

noun
  • An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use. 

  • A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation. 

  • A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions. 

  • The act of providing, or making previous preparation. 

  • Money set aside for a future event. 

  • Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation. 

  • A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso. 

verb
  • To supply with provisions. 

  • To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system. 

How often have the words endowment and provision occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )