bequest
pronunciation
How to pronounce bequest in British English:
UK [bɪˈkwest]
How to pronounce bequest in American English:
US [bɪˈkwest]
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- Noun:
- (law) a gift of personal property by will
Word Origin
- bequest (n.)
- c. 1300, "act of bequeathing," from be- + *cwis, *cwiss "saying" (related to quoth; from Proto-Germanic *kwessiz; see bequeath), with excrescent -t. Meaning "that which is bequeathed" is recorded from late 15c.
Example
- 1. They were anxious to hear what benefits of bequest they would receive .
- 2. Another answer comes from an obscure branch of economics known as strategic bequest theory .
- 3. Kim hamilton , chief executive of the blue cross , welcomed the bequest .
- 4. Stanchart is very lucky in its geographical inheritance , but it has not squandered its bequest .
- 5. Now you can see that the terrible market has wrecked your bequest mental account and dented your education mental account , but left your retirement mental account without a scratch .