legacy
/ˈlɛɡəsi/ noun C1- Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
- Something inherited from a predecessor or the past. · John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.
- The descendant of an alumnus, given preference in academic admissions. · Because she was a legacy, her mother's sorority rushed her.
Plural legacies
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The term for which Edmond had engaged to serve on board La Jeune Amélie having expired, Dantès took leave of the captain, who at first tried all his powers of persuasion to induce him to remain as one of the crew, but having been told the history of the legacy, he ceased to importune him further.
This will has already constituted Haydée heiress of the rest of my fortune, consisting of lands, funds in England, Austria, and Holland, furniture in my different palaces and houses, and which without the twenty millions and the legacies to my servants, may still amount to sixty millions.”
Mortimer, “that you do not look with suspicious eyes upon everyone who received a legacy from Sir Charles, for I also had a thousand pounds left to me.”
There was also a legacy of one thousand pounds.
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