bequest
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8.1
- noun
- /bɪˈkwɛst/
- Formal
:
legado
- There is a substantial donation to the church... and generous bequest to the poor.
- bequest and gift
- bequest of goods
- bequests in wills
Examples
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It was a bequest from my grandmother.
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Although she left handsome sums to a number of relatives, her largest bequest was to Elizabeth's daughter, also named Martha.
Fiction book (1996) -
Of course, your husband had no previous knowledge of this bequest?
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Of course, you have to make the trip to California to claim the bequest.
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The problem comes in the language of the bequest to Heather.
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- I want the bequest to Poole and the sums of money to my household staff to remain the same.
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Of equal, if not more profound, significance was Matilda's final bequest to the monastery.
Academic text (1999) -
Any bequest to charity in a will executed within six months of death... can be invalidated by the spouse.
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Most importantly, Lucrezia's bequest to build a new church may well have been inspired by Matilda's benefactions.
Academic text (1999) -
After his death, she received a generous bequest of valuable artworks in his will.
Synonyms
75
3.2
Money or property left to someone when a person dies
16
6.1
A gift of possessions left to someone in a will
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bequest comes from the same family as bequeath, where be- plus queath originally meant 'to say' or 'declare' what you wanted to leave after you died. So a bequest is a gift of personal things that someone leaves to another person in a will.