bequestnoun [ C ]
uk/bɪˈkwest/us/bɪˈkwest/the money or property belonging to someone that they say that, after their death, they wish to be given to other people:
Her will included small bequests to her family, while most of her fortune went to charity.
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Inheriting & bequeathing
- advance directive
- beneficiary
- bequeath
- 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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Gifts in the form of money