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bequests

bequests is the plural of bequest.

Meaning of bequest

Noun

bequest (plural bequests)

  1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
  2. The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
    • 2006 SHERRY CLODMAN & EDWARD H. PEARCE: Well Advised. p.25 Civil Sector Press →ISBN
      A specific bequest is the gift of a specific sum of money, or the gift of a specific property or a particular asset. Perhaps the most common type of bequest, and undoubtedly the most certain, it is the first to be...
  3. That which is left by will; a legacy.
  4. That which has been handed down or transmitted.
    • Yet some odor of religion is still lingering here, the bequest of pious souls, who had grace to enjoy a foretaste of immortal life.1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The New Adam and Eve”, in Mosses from an Old Manse
  5. A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

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Questions about bequests

What is bequests the plural of?
Bequests is the plural of bequest.

Words near bequests in the dictionary

  1. bequeathments
  2. bequeaths
  3. bequest
  4. bequested
  5. bequesting
  6. bequests
  7. bequethen
  8. Bequette
  9. Bequettes
  10. Bequia
  11. bequiet

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