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inheritance

[in-her-i-tuhns] / ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns /
NOUN
possession gained through someone's death
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But selling jewellery now, it points out, also means no longer having that asset for the future, including retirement or as a family inheritance.

From BBC

I’m also concerned about how the inheritance of a new home would work for both his children and mine.

From MarketWatch

In the world of family inheritance, such financial malfeasance is not unheard of.

From MarketWatch

This is a once-in-a-lifetime inheritance that your parents would want you to enjoy guilt-free and would, at the same time, not want for you to lose half of it in, say, a divorce.

From MarketWatch

When her boyfriend’s dad died, she thought she was entitled to some of his inheritance because she was “like a daughter” to him.

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