bestowal

But that bestowal of trust is just one way in which Jim has prepared the NewsHour for a future in the digital age.

"The request for a glass of water was evidently only an excuse for the bestowal of an extraordinarily large gratuity," said David.

Some talked in a low voice; others watched the king, awaiting the bestowal of a look or a word.

"And my partial little daughter had the bestowal of such preferment and titles," he added laughingly.

I see no wisdom in his bestowal of his property upon a slave; no affection in this slight upon his only son.

When he returned he was followed by a waiter with a hamper to whose bestowal in the back of the car he looked carefully.