inheritance
noun/ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns/
Frequency rank: #5,371 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
money, property, or other things received from someone who has died.
Example sentence
She received a large inheritance from her grandmother, including an old house and some jewelry.
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