INHERITANCE


Meaning of INHERITANCE in English

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

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