The meaning of Legacy

noun

A donation or gift.

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An exceptional benefaction

noun

A legacy.

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A bequest of over £300,000

noun

The money or property that someone, after death, gives to someone else

Usage examples:

Her will included large bequests to charity.

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Money or property that someone has left to a person or organization in their will (= a document stating who will have your money and property after you die)

Usage examples:

Her will included small bequests to her family, while most of her fortune went to charity.

noun

The act of giving something as an honour or a gift

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Her father's blessing represented a bestowal of consent upon her marriage., the state's bestowal of…

noun

A particular right of possession or privilege a person has from birth, especially as an eldest son.

Usage examples:

Being the good brother he is, jacob offers esau some lentil soup - on one condition: esau has to fo…

verb

Plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought.

Usage examples:

A training programme should be devised

noun

A clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone.

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The issue, however, is whether the language of the devise of the somerset estate can fairly be inte…

verb

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort

noun

The action of endowing something or someone.

Usage examples:

He tried to promote the endowment of a chair of psychiatry

noun

A gift of money that will provide an income for a college or university, a hospital, or other organization

Usage examples:

We are trying to set up an endowment to support the library.

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Money that is given to a college, hospital, etc. in order to provide it with an income, or the giving of this money

Usage examples:

An endowment for sth the las vegas millionaire pledged $10 million for the project and an endowment…

noun

A thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.

Usage examples:

Wedding gifts

verb

Give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest.

Usage examples:

The company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity

noun

Gamete intrafallopian transfer, a technique for assisting conception by introducing mixed ova and sperm into a fallopian tube.

Usage examples:

The first successful pregnancy conceived through gift occurred in 1984

noun

A valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations.

Usage examples:

The violin was a family heirloom

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A valuable object that has been given by an older member of a family to a younger member of the same family, esp. one given several times in this way

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Family heirlooms

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A valuable object that has been given by older members of a family to younger members of the same family over many years

Usage examples:

My mother gave me a diamond ring, a family heirloom more than 100 years old.

noun

Any item of property, either a corporeal hereditament (land or a building) or an incorporeal hereditament (such as a rent), that can be inherited.

Usage examples:

Rates were not payable on any unoccupied hereditament

noun

A piece of property that can be left to someone after its owner has died

Usage examples:

Does the land form part of a hereditament having a net annual value exceeding £10,000?

noun

Property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance.

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They had stolen his grandfather's heritage

noun

Features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, which come from the past and are still important

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The organization is devoted to preserving our cultural heritage.

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The history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, society, or company that exist from the past and continue to be important

Usage examples:

Their marketing strategy emphasizes the company's belief in its unique engineering heritage.

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A thing that is inherited.

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He came into a comfortable inheritance

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Money, land, or possessions received from someone after the person has died

noun

The money, property, or assets that someone receives from a person who has died

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Spend/invest your inheritance she invested her inheritance in setting up her own financial consulta…

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Property inherited from one's father or male ancestor.

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Owners refuse to part with their patrimony in the interests of agricultural development

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Land, property, historical objects, etc. that have belonged to a country or other area for many years

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Cultural/national patrimony the statues are part of our country's cultural patrimony.

noun

The action of providing or supplying something for use.

Usage examples:

New contracts for the provision of services

verb

Supply with food, drink, or equipment, especially for a journey.

Usage examples:

Civilian contractors were responsible for provisioning these armies

noun

Something that is needed or wanted, or the act of considering the need for something and arranging for it

Usage examples:

[ u ] when designing buildings in california, you have to make some provision for earthquakes., [ c…

noun

An official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or conflict.

Usage examples:

Unions succeeded in reaching a pay settlement

noun

Payment of money that is owed

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[ u ] we enclose a check in settlement of your claim., [ u ] early settlement developed around a co…

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An official agreement or decision that ends an argument, often involving a payment of money

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Negotiate/reach a settlement, the lawyer negotiated an out-of-court settlement of $2 million., in s…