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inheritance

[in-her-i-tuhns] / ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns /
NOUN
possession gained through someone's death
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His own will calls for 90% of his wife’s inheritance to go into a low-cost S&P 500 index fund and 10% into short-term government bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Karl Lagerfeld’s cat waiting six years for her inheritance.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

If your daughter is married or marries sometime in the future, she can decide how much of her inheritance will be commingled with her spouse’s finances.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Among these were 54 rare or "emergent" inheritance events that were absent in both parents.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

They are part of a shared cultural inheritance of the past half-century.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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