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inheritance

[in-her-i-tuhns] / ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns /
NOUN
possession gained through someone's death
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Marital trusts are popular for blended families to pass assets to a surviving spouse and protect children’s inheritance.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Various other changes also come into force at this time of year, including alterations to inheritance tax on farms, tax on dividends, tax relief on venture capital trusts, and homeworking tax relief.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

But man’s life is limited and the institution is continuous, an inheritance accumulated across time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

My sexuality doesn’t obligate me to embrace a particular ideology or to reject the moral inheritance of the society that made my life possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

There was one legal way, though, that someone could still obtain a headright: inheritance.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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