Inheritance Definition

ĭn-hĕrĭ-təns
noun
The action of inheriting.
Webster's New World
Something inherited or to be inherited; legacy; bequest.
Webster's New World
Something regarded as a heritage.
The cultural inheritance of Rome.
American Heritage Medicine
Ownership by virtue of birthright; right to inherit.
Webster's New World
Anything received as if by inheritance from a predecessor.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Inheritance

Noun

Singular:
inheritance
Plural:
inheritances

Origin of Inheritance

  • Recorded since 1473, from to inherit, itself from Old French enheriter "make heir, appoint as heir," from Late Latin inhereditare "to appoint as heir," from Latin in- "in" + hereditare "to inherit," from heres (gen. heredis) "heir".

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Inheritance Sentence Examples

  • If he does not take the inheritance, we will not have a home.

  • Is he bugging you about the inheritance again?

  • The other obvious fact was that Dulce didn't accept the inheritance issue.

  • A transfer duty of 5% on the estimated value of emiriye is paid on transmission by sale, inheritance or donation, of 22% on the amount of the debt in case of mortgage or release from mortgage, and of 10% on expenses.

  • The first was matriarchal, inheritance being reckoned through the mother.

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Words Starting With

IININH

Words Ending With

ECENCE

Unscrambles

inheritance

Words Starting With I and Ending With E

Starts With I & Ends With EStarts With IN & Ends With EStarts With I & Ends With CE

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With I11 Letter Words Ending With E