01 n. A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
pl.
Legacies ((-sĭz))
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1.
A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
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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.
Phrases & compounds
Legacy duty —
a tax paid to government on legacies.
Legacy hunter —
one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.