an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets | the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new |
| lowest support of a structure |
| a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body |
| the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained |
| education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge |
| an institution supported by an endowment |
| the basis on which something is grounded |