inheritances

Meaning of inheritances

plural noun
  1. 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 inheritances

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of inheritances is: inheritance.
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Hyphenation of inheritances

in-her-i-tances

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
  • inheritances is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

inheritances synonyms

Meaning an amount of money or property left to someone in a will:

legacy

Meaning a legacy:

bequest

Meaning an income or form of property given or bequeathed to someone:

endowment

Meaning a particular right of possession or privilege a person has from birth, especially as an eldest son:

birthright

Meaning an extensive area of land in the country, usually with a large house, owned by one person, family, or organization:

estate

Meaning property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance:

heritage

Meaning a donation or gift:

benefaction

Meaning the action of providing or supplying something for use:

provision

Meaning valued things passed down from previous generations; heritage:

patrimony

Meaning a clause in a will leaving something, especially real estate, to someone:

devise

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:

hereditament

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