English-Thai Dictionary

inheritance

N การ รับมรดก  มรดก  สมบัติ  legacy heritage bequest patrimony kan-rab-mor-ra-dok

 

inheritance tax

N ภาษีมรดก  pa-se-mor-ra-dok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INHERITANCE

n.An estate derived from an ancestor to an heir by succession or in course of law; or an estate which the law casts on a child or other person, as the representative of the deceased ancestor. 1. The reception of an estate by hereditary right, or the descent by which an estate or title is cast on the heir; as, the heir received the estate by inheritance.
2. The estate or possession which may descend to an heir, though it has not descended.
And Rachel and Leah answered and said, is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? Genesis 31:14.
3. An estate given or possessed by donation or divine appropriation. Numbers 26:53 -55.
4. That which is possessed or enjoyed.
Ask of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. Psalm 2:8.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INHERITANCE

In *her "it *ance, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. enheritance.]

 

1. The act or state of inheriting; as, the inheritance of an estate; the inheritance of mental or physical qualities.

 

2. That which is or may be inherited; that which is derived by an heir from an ancestor or other person; a heritage; a possession which passes by descent. When the man dies, let the inheritance Descend unto the daughter. Shak.

 

3. A permanent or valuable possession or blessing, esp. one received by gift or without purchase; a benefaction. To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away. 1 Pet. i. 4.

 

4. Possession; ownership; acquisition. "The inheritance of their loves." Shak. To you th' inheritance belongs by right Of brother's praise; to you eke Spenser.

 

5. (Biol.)

 

Defn: Transmission and reception by animal or plant generation.

 

6. (Law )

 

Defn: A perpetual or continuing right which a man and his heirs have to an estate; an estate which a man has by descent as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another as his heir; an estate derived from an ancestor to an heir in course of law. Blackstone.

 

Note: The word inheritance (used simply ) is mostly confined to the title to land and tenements by a descent. Mozley & W. Men are not proprietors of what they have, merely for themselves; their children have a title to part of it which comes to be wholly theirs when death has put an end to their parents' use of it; and this we call inheritance. Locke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inheritance

in her it ance |inˈheritəns ɪnˈhɛrətns | ▶noun a thing that is inherited: he came into a comfortable inheritance. • the action of inheriting: the inheritance of traits. ORIGIN late Middle English (formerly also as enheritance ): from Anglo-Norman French enheritaunce ‘being admitted as heir, ’ from Old French enheriter (see inherit ).

 

inheritance tax

in her it ance tax |ɪnˈhɛrədəns ˌtæks | ▶noun a tax imposed on someone who inherits property or money. Also called death tax.

 

Oxford Dictionary

inheritance

in |her ¦it |ance |ɪnˈhɛrɪt (ə )ns | ▶noun a thing that is inherited. • [ mass noun ] the action of inheriting: the inheritance of traits. ORIGIN late Middle English (formerly also as enheritance ): from Anglo-Norman French enheritaunce ‘being admitted as heir ’, from Old French enheriter (see inherit ).

 

inheritance tax

in |her ¦it |ance tax ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) tax levied on property and money acquired by gift or inheritance (introduced in 1986 to replace capital transfer tax ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inheritance

inheritance noun 1 a comfortable inheritance: legacy, bequest, endowment, bestowal, provision; birthright, heritage, patrimony; Law devise. 2 his inheritance of the title: succession to, accession to, assumption of, elevation to. WORD LINKS hereditary relating to inheritance Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inheritance

inheritance noun 1 he came into a comfortable inheritance: legacy, bequest, endowment, birthright, estate, heritage, bestowal, bequeathal, benefaction, provision, patrimony; Law devise, hereditament. 2 his inheritance of the title: succession to, accession to, assumption of, taking over of, elevation to. WORD LINKS inheritance hereditary relating to inheritance Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inheritance

in her it ance /ɪnhérət (ə )ns /→inherit 名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 C 〖通例単数形で 〗遺産 , 相続財産 ; U 相続 (すること ), 相続権 ▸ receive property by inheritance 相続で財産を受け取る ▸ a dispute over an inheritance 遺産をめぐる争い .2 C 〖通例単数形で 〗遺伝的体質 [性質 ];U 遺伝 .3 U ｟かたく ｠文化的遺産 ; 伝統 .4 C 〖通例単数形で; one's ～〗引き継いだ仕事 [課題 ].～́ r ì ghts 相続権 .～́ t à x 相続税 .