Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ENDOWMENT
  
  A life assurance policy with a savings and investment element, classically sold to back an interest-only mortgage. The key word here is "sold". No-one in their right minds would "buy" one of these overcharging and underperforming abominations these days!
  
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