Bequest
11bequest — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ generous, large ▪ The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman. ▪ charitable VERB + BEQUEST ▪ leave (sb) …
12bequest — n. 1) to make a bequest 2) a bequest to * * * [bɪ kwest] a bequest to to make a bequest …
13bequest — UK [bɪˈkwest] / US noun [countable] Word forms bequest : singular bequest plural bequests formal money or property that you give to someone after you die by making a legal document called a will make someone/something a bequest: He made the… …
14bequest — /bi kwest /, n. 1. a disposition in a will. 2. a legacy: A small bequest allowed her to live independently. [1250 1300; ME biqueste, biquyste, equiv. to bi BE + quiste will, bequest, OE cwis(se) (with excrescent t, as in BEHEST), n. deriv. of… …
15bequest — Property left to an heir under the terms of a will. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * bequest be‧quest [bɪˈkwest] noun [countable] LAW money or property that you officially arrange for someone to have after your death, by writing it in your… …
16bequest — be|quest [ bı kwest ] noun count FORMAL money or property that you give to someone after you die by making a legal document called a WILL: make someone/something a bequest: He made the library a bequest of $50,000 …
17bequest — [[t]bɪkwe̱st[/t]] bequests N COUNT A bequest is money or property which you legally leave to someone when you die. The church here was left a bequest to hire doctors who would work amongst the poor …
18bequest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. legacy. See giving, receiving, transfer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. inheritance, estate, endowment, legacy; see estate 2 , gift 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [bi KWEST]… …
19bequest — be|quest [bıˈkwest] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: bequeath] formal money or property which you arrange to give to someone after your death ▪ a bequest of $5000 …
20bequest — noun (C) formal money or property which you arrange to give to someone after your death: a bequest of $5000 …
