inheritance
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/
The English word “inheritance” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
- The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
- The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
- The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.
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