inheritance

IPA: ɪnhˈɛrʌtʌns

The passing of title to an estate upon death.
(countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
(uncountable, especially linguistics, biology) The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited
(biology, genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
(programming, object-oriented programming) The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

Examples of "inheritance" in Sentences

Our inheritance is turned over to aliens, our houses to strangers.
Unearned income (as in inheritance) is and should be taxable over a certain amount.
I wonder if inheritance is the best relationship between Sender/Receiver and Transfer (rer?).
I am considering a family group in which their inheritance is in a trust? from which all medical bills are paid.
In fact, its inheritance is consistent with transmission via a dominant gene, meaning you only need one copy of it from either parent.
_great mystery_: for _less_ than an estate of inheritance so _great_ a prince _could_ not have, and an _absolute estate of inheritance_ in so
Numerous studies have revealed that inheritance is not a significant source of wealth, accounting for less than 10% of the total wealth possessed by the top 5% of households.
And in issue #2, shipping two weeks later, Helena Bertinelliâ€ ™ s vow never to return to Gotham is tested by her vigilante fight to reclaim her inheritance from the Sicilian underworld â€ and by her unexpected feelings for the son of a Gotham kingpin!
_inheritance_ according to _right and justice_; [76] and for that (p. 097) end there have been diverse treaties, as well here as beyond the sea, to his great costs; nevertheless he hath not, by such requests and treaties, obtained his said inheritance, nor any important part thereof: and since the King, neither by the revenues of his realm, nor by any previous grant of subsidy, hath had enough wherewith to pursue