bequest
noun/bɪˈkwest/
/bɪˈkwest/
(formal)- money or property that you ask to be given to a particular person when you die
- He left a bequest to each of his grandchildren.
Extra Examples- The library has received a generous bequest from a local businessman.
- The picture was acquired by bequest in 1921.
- a bequest from the late Jack Dawkins
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- generous
- large
- charitable
- …
- leave (somebody)
- make (somebody)
- receive
- …
- bequest from
- bequest to
Word OriginMiddle English: from be- ‘about’ + Old English cwis ‘speech’, influenced by bequeath.Want to learn more?
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