bequest

Since you wouldn’t have to worry about running out of money in old age, you might travel the world, buy a sports car, or gift an early bequest to heirs.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

I have one daughter who is well off, having received a generous bequest through my deceased sister’s will.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

In 1838 the U.S. received more than $500,000 from that bequest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

The case landed in the Court of Chancery - where Elizabeth argued her late husband had no power to grant Shakespeare's home and mentioned her grandfather's bequest to her mother.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

“Nonsense! and what sort of an effect will the bequest have on you? Will it keep you in England, induce you to marry Miss Oliver, and settle down like an ordinary mortal?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Gulbenkian’s friends, the directors of the Louvre and the National Galleries in London and Washington, had hoped for bequests; a new wing of the National Gallery, London, had even been proposed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Gold bars, rings and necklaces can be handed down to the next generation as wedding gifts or inheritance bequests.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

It’s also likely that the Reiners included charitable bequests in their estate plans.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2025

You can delineate these bequests in a will or in a trust, but either way, the designated administrator becomes responsible for distributing the items and can be held accountable if things go missing.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025

The old ground embodies bygone conceptions of ideal beauty; it has absorbed human thought and memories; it registers the bequests of old time.

From Garden-Craft Old and New by John D. Sedding