bequests
- plural of bequest.
Example Sentences
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Bequests like Darsie’s — a couple of homes here and there — won’t solve Seattle’s housing crisis on their own.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2023
Bequests declined by 7.3% in 2021, although it was still the third-largest sector of charitable giving at $46.01 billion.
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2022
Bequests to political parties since 2001, compiled by the Electoral Commission, show the Conservatives have benefited the most, receiving nearly £5.6m in total.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2013
Bequests: to Yale University, $1,000,000; to Peekskill, X. Y.. $100.000: to widow, son, nieces, most of the residue.
From Time Magazine Archive
The young schoolmaster having volunteered on one occasion to assist a friend to conduct a case in the old "Court of Bequests," found the self-imposed task very much to his taste.
From Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Edwards, Eliezer
