beneficiarynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.ər.i/us/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.i.er.i/a person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of something else:
Her wife was the chief beneficiary of her will.
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Inheriting & bequeathing
- advance directive
- bequeath
- bequest
- codicil
- come into sth
- cut
- heiress
- heirloom
- inheritor
- intestate
- last will and testament
- leave
- legacy
- pass
- residue
- settle sth on sb
- settle your affairs idiom
- survivor
- testament
- transfer
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