单词 | bequest |
释义 | Related topics: Lawbe·quest /bɪˈkwest/ noun [countable] formalSCL money or property that you arrange to give to someone after your death 遗产;遗赠物 a bequest of $5,000 五千美元的遗产Examples from the Corpusbequest• a bequest of $50,000• Bissett had been told that often enough, about the dead aunt and her bequest.• The present selection includes a number of the Lawrence drawings together with later bequests of outstanding merit.• The upper classes are more likely to leave bequests.• Inland Revenue figures show a rise of nearly 10% a year in the post-tax value of bequests in the 1980s.• It was by this time not quite clear exactly which lands in the Company's possession related to the original bequest.• Lady Merstam tells me you have your husband's agreement to what was to have been the bequest.• As you can imagine, the bequest has caused a deep rift between them.From Longman Business Dictionarybequestbe‧quest /bɪˈkwest/ noun [countable] LAW money or property that you officially arrange for someone to have after your death, by writing it in your WILLCovenants and bequests form an essential part of the hospice’s income.Origin bequest (1300-1400) bequeathbe·quest nounChineseSyllable you money property arrange Corpus or to Business that |
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