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heir

noun as in person who inherits possessions

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Insurance insiders asked how an appointment of an heir apparent could fall apart days before he was set to enter the building.

You could also create a solid estate plan for heirs that would reduce any tax liabilities they may have later in life.

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Unlike traditional accounts, if heirs cannot access the keys, the assets are unrecoverable.

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Estée Lauder heir Leonard A Lauder made it part of his private collection in 1985, where it was displayed in his Fifth Avenue home in New York.

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They share the night and part ways in the a.m.—only to discover, quite awkwardly, that Henri is the heir to the Cassell grapes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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