as in inheritance
something that is or may be inherited
left small bequests to all of her nieces and nephews
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Steps to Prepare: Stress-Test Portfolios: Evaluate how market volatility might impact estate liquidity and funding for obligations like taxes or charitable bequests.
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
This kind of bequest is a huge deal for Symphony San Jose, which in 2022 had an operating budget of about $4 million.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
The fear and hatred of death that shrouded McGahern’s prior novels, and bore in him a stubborn resistance to so much of Ireland and its bequests, has fallen away.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Created by Congress in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution’s roots are in a bequest from James Smithson, an English scientist who died in 1829 and left his estate to the federal government.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
This kind of bequest is a huge deal for Symphony San Jose, which in 2022 had an operating budget of about $4 million.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
The fear and hatred of death that shrouded McGahern’s prior novels, and bore in him a stubborn resistance to so much of Ireland and its bequests, has fallen away.
—Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Created by Congress in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution’s roots are in a bequest from James Smithson, an English scientist who died in 1829 and left his estate to the federal government.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Bequest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bequest. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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