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
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
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
