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heir

[air] / ɛər /


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Talking about this cash with heirs—let alone transferring it—is tricky.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the administrator/executor of an estate does have a duty to keep potential heirs/beneficiaries informed of the estate process.

From MarketWatch

Since 2020, many nonspouse heirs of traditional and Roth IRAs have been required to drain the accounts within 10 years of the owner’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal

A superb dramatist of social class, morality and love, Mr. Gurnah is a contemporary heir to George Eliot.

From The Wall Street Journal

She was raised in France, where she married the heir to the throne, the Dauphin Francis.

From BBC