inheritance

About 10.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The passing of title to an estate upon death.
2. noun That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
3. noun The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.

   The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.

4. noun The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
5. noun The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

Similar words

heritage legacy bequest probate intestacy heir inherit estate property patrimony

Often followed by

of and in tax from is to taxes or

Word family

inheritances