English-Thai Dictionary

legacy

N มรดก  มรดกตกทอด  mor-ra-dok

 

legacy

N สิ่ง ที่ สืบทอด จาก คนรุ่นก่อน  สิ่ง ที่ สืบทอด จาก บรรพบุรุษ  sing-ti-sueb-thod-jak-kon-run-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEGACY

[L. legatum, from lego, to send, to bequeath. ] A bequest; a particular thing, or certain sum of money given by last will or testament.
Good counsel is the best legacy a father can leave to his child.

 

LEGACY-HUNTER

n.One who flatters and courts for legacies.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEGACY

Leg "a *cy, n.; pl. Legacies. Etym: [L. (assumed ) legatia, for legatum,from legare to appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy, to depute: cf. OF. legat legacy. See Legate. ]

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

legacy

leg a cy |ˈlegəsē ˈlɛɡəsi | ▶noun ( pl. legacies ) an amount of money or property left to someone in a will. • a thing handed down by a predecessor: the legacy of centuries of neglect. ▶adjective Computing denoting software or hardware that has been superseded but is difficult to replace because of its wide use. ORIGIN late Middle English (also denoting the function or office of a deputy, esp. a papal legate ): from Old French legacie, from medieval Latin legatia ‘legateship, ’ from legatus ‘person delegated ’ (see legate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

legacy

leg ¦acy |ˈlɛgəsi | ▶noun ( pl. legacies ) an amount of money or property left to someone in a will. • something left or handed down by a predecessor: the legacy of centuries of neglect. ▶adjective Computing denoting or relating to software or hardware that has been superseded but is difficult to replace because of its wide use. ORIGIN late Middle English (also denoting the function or office of a deputy, especially a papal legate ): from Old French legacie, from medieval Latin legatia ‘legateship ’, from legatus ‘person delegated ’ (see legate ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

legacy

legacy noun 1 a legacy from a great aunt: bequest, inheritance, heritage, endowment, gift, patrimony, settlement, birthright; formal benefaction. 2 a legacy of the wars: consequence, effect, upshot, spin-off, repercussion, aftermath, by-product, result.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

legacy

legacy noun 1 a legacy from a great aunt had paid for their house: bequest, inheritance, heritage, bequeathal, bestowal, benefaction, endowment, gift, patrimony, heirloom, settlement, birthright, provision; Law devise, hereditament. 2 the rancorous legacy of the Vietnam war | a legacy of the British Empire: consequence, effect, outcome, upshot, spin-off, repercussion, aftermath, by-product, product, result; residue, fruits.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

legacy

leg a cy /léɡəsi /名詞 複 -cies /-z /C 1 (過去からの )残留物 ; 遺物 ; 名残り ▸ a genetic legacy of depression 遺伝的なうつ病 2 «…からの /…への » (遺言による )遺産 «from /to » ▸ leave a legacy for A Aに遺産を残す 3 (組織などの )元会員 [社員 ]の子弟, (大学などの )同窓生の子弟 (!入社 入学などに対する特別措置を暗示 ) .