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bequest

[bih-kwest] / bɪˈkwɛst /


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They have their downsides, including the loss of liquidity, the loss of bequest and vulnerability to inflation.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

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

That’s a father’s bequest to his son, and a public servant’s to his country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

British scientist James Smithson’s bequest was intended to support “the increase and diffusion of knowledge.”

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2025

In the embers of the last days of the Roman Empire we are able, out of centuries of silence, to hear the only living musical bequest of the Ancient World.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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