noun
1 money/property
ADJECTIVE
▪ large
▪ small
▪ rightful ( literary )
▪
He accused his younger brother of trying to steal his rightful ~.
VERB + INHERITANCE
▪ leave sb
▪
She left him an ~ of £100 000.
▪ come into , get , receive
▪
When he was 21 he came into a large ~.
▪ have
▪
He had a large ~ from his parents.
▪ enter , enter into , enter on , enter upon ( all formal , often figurative )
▪ claim
▪
When his father died, he returned to England to claim his ~.
▪ lose
INHERITANCE + NOUN
▪ tax
▪ law
▪ rights
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ by
▪
The system involved ~ by the eldest son.
▪ ~ through
▪
~ through marriage
2 sth from the past/your family
ADJECTIVE
▪ common
▪
The inhabitants share a common ~ of language and culture.
▪ cultural
▪ genetic