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preheritance

preheritance noun: transfer of property to relatives or other beneficiaries prior to death.

Noun

preheritance (uncountable)

  1. Transfer of property to relatives or other beneficiaries prior to death.

Origin of preheritance

Blend of pre- + inheritance.

Questions about preheritance

What does preheritance mean?
Preheritance means transfer of property to relatives or other beneficiaries prior to death.
What part of speech is preheritance?
Preheritance is a noun.

Words near preheritance in the dictionary

  1. prehensors
  2. prehensory
  3. preheparinised
  4. preheparinized
  5. prehepatic
  6. preheritance
  7. preheroic
  8. preherpetic
  9. prehesternal
  10. preheterosexual
  11. prehiatus

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