inheritance
Meaning of inheritance
- a thing that is inherited.
he came into a comfortable inheritance
I don't want a penny of your inheritance
the European cultural inheritance
late Middle English (formerly also as enheritance ): from Anglo-Norman French enheritaunce ‘being admitted as heir’, from Old French enheriter (see inherit).
Information about inheritance
- It is a name.
- The plural form of inheritance is: inheritances.
- Languages in which inheritance is used:
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Hyphenation of inheritance
in-her-i-tance
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- inheritance is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
inheritance synonyms
Meaning heritage:
Meaning an amount of money or property left to someone in a will:
Meaning a legacy:
Meaning an income or form of property given or bequeathed to someone:
Meaning a particular right of possession or privilege a person has from birth, especially as an eldest son:
Meaning an extensive area of land in the country, usually with a large house, owned by one person, family, or organization:
Meaning a donation or gift:
Meaning the action of providing or supplying something for use:
Meaning valued things passed down from previous generations; heritage:
Meaning a clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone:
Meaning any item of property, either a corporeal hereditament (land or a building) or an incorporeal hereditament (such as a rent), that can be inherited:
Translation of inheritance
- Spanish: herencia
- German: Erbe, Vererbung
- Portuguese: herança
- French: héritage
- Italian: eredità, ereditarietà
Words that rhyme with inheritance
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