noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
make
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Instead, Theda slipped into the ballroom to think about Lady Merchiston's determination to make her a bequest .
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I don't want to make bequests to some one who might squander them.
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For example, the marginal propensity to make bequests out of lifetime income may rise with the level of income.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a bequest of $50,000
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As you can imagine, the bequest has caused a deep rift between them.
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Bissett had been told that often enough, about the dead aunt and her bequest .
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Inland Revenue figures show a rise of nearly 10% a year in the post-tax value of bequests in the 1980s.
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It was by this time not quite clear exactly which lands in the Company's possession related to the original bequest .
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Lady Merstam tells me you have your husband's agreement to what was to have been the bequest .
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The present selection includes a number of the Lawrence drawings together with later bequests of outstanding merit.
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The upper classes are more likely to leave bequests.