Usually means: Gift left in a will.
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  13. bequest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  19. bequest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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  23. bequest: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bequest: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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(Note: See bequests as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act of bequeathing or leaving by will.
noun:  The transfer of property upon the owner's death according to the will of the deceased.
noun:  That which is left by will; a legacy.
noun:  That which has been handed down or transmitted.
noun:  A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.
verb:  (transitive) To give as a bequest; bequeath.

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