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INHERITANCE definition: 1. money or objects that someone gives you when they die: 2. a physical or mental characteristic…. Learn more.
The meaning of INHERITANCE is something that is or may be inherited. How to use inheritance in a sentence.
something, as a quality, characteristic, or other immaterial possession, received from progenitors or predecessors as if by succession: an inheritance of family pride. the act or fact of inheriting by succession, as if by succession, or genetically: to receive property by inheritance. portion; birthright; heritage:
INHERITANCE meaning: 1. money or objects that someone gives you when they die: 2. a physical or mental characteristic…. Learn more.
inheritance is the common term for property or any possession that comes to an heir: He received the farm as an inheritance from his parents. heritage indicates something that is bequeathed to a subsequent generation by an individual or by society: our cultural heritage from Greece and Rome.
Any money or property you receive after the death of a friend or relative is an inheritance. Your grandmother might have left you a small inheritance, but she left the bulk of her estate to her Chihuahua, Killer.
noun. /ɪnˈherɪtəns/ [countable, uncountable] the money, property, etc. that you receive from somebody when they die; the fact of receiving something when somebody dies. She spent all her inheritance in a year. The title passes by inheritance to the eldest son. She came into (= received) her inheritance at eighteen. Collocations Finance.
n. 1. a. The action of inheriting something: the inheritance of property from a relative. b. Something inherited or to be inherited: Her inheritance included a large estate. 2. Something regarded as a heritage: the cultural inheritance of Rome. See Synonyms at heritage. 3. Biology. a.
inheritance is the common term for property or any possession that comes to an heir: He received the farm as an inheritance from his parents. heritage indicates something that is bequeathed to a subsequent generation by an individual or by society: our cultural heritage from Greece and Rome.
money or possessions that someone gives you when they die: Nick has sold off much of his inheritance. (Definition of inheritance from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of inheritance. in Chinese (Traditional) 繼承, 繼承的遺產, 品質… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 继承, 继承的遗产, 品质… See more. in Spanish.
