bequeath
verb (used with object)
to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will.
bequeathable
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a word derived from
bequeath.
Example Sentences
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If so, what would that mean for the thousands of permanent-seat-licenses holders, whose bequeathable asset won’t mean much in Montreal or Mexico City, should either be the Panthers’ next home?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2017
He suggests that incomes should be allowed up to £8,000, and bequeathable property up to £200,000.
From A Critical Examination of Socialism by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
Why must the permissible amounts of income and of bequeathable property be of proportions such as those which he contemplates?
From A Critical Examination of Socialism by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
Why does he not take his bill and write down quickly £200 of income instead of £8,000, and limit bequeathable property to £2,000 instead of £200,000?
From A Critical Examination of Socialism by W. H. (William Hurrell) Mallock
