leg·a·cy /ˈlɛgəsi/
祖先傳下來之物,遺贈物
Leg·a·cy n.; pl. Legacies
1. A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
2. A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
My legacy and message wherefore I am sent into the world. --Tyndale.
He came and told his legacy. --Chapman.
Legacy duty, a tax paid to government on legacies. --Wharton.
Legacy hunter, one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.
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legacy
n : (law) a gift of personal property by will [syn: bequest]