(~s)
1.
An ~ is money or property which you receive from someone who has died.
She feared losing her ~ to her stepmother.
N-VAR
2.
If you get something such as job, problem, or attitude from someone who used to have it, you can refer to this as an ~.
...the situation that was Truman’s ~ as President.
N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft with poss
3.
Your ~ is the particular characteristics or qualities which your family or ancestors had and which you are born with.
Eye colour shows your genetic ~.
N-SING: also no det, with supp