inheritance
/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/
That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate; The passing of title to an estate upon death; The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited
- plural
- inheritances
Meanings
- 1
That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion)
My father left me a large inheritance.
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Tom offered Mary a third of his inheritance.
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- 2
The passing of title to an estate upon death
- 3
The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited
- 4
The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspringrare
- 5
The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclassrare