entail
pronunciation
How to pronounce entail in British English:
UK [ɪnˈteɪl]
How to pronounce entail in American English:
US [ɪnˈteɪl]
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- Noun:
- land received by fee tail
- the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
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- Verb:
- have as a logical consequence
- impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
- limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
Word Origin
- entail
- entail: [14] Entail means literally ‘put a tail on’ – but not the sort that grows. This is a tail in the sense of a ‘legal limitation’. It came from Old French taille, meaning literally ‘cut’, which is also related to English detail, retail, tailor, and tally. The coining of entail itself probably took place in Anglo-Norman. Its current main meaning ‘have as a necessary or logical consequence’ did not develop until as late as the 19th century.=> detail, retail, tailor, tally
- entail (v.)
- mid-14c., "convert (an estate) into 'fee tail' (feudum talliatum)," from en- (1) "make" + taile "legal limitation," especially of inheritance, ruling who succeeds in ownership and preventing the property from being sold off, from Anglo-French taile, Old French taillie, past participle of taillier "allot, cut to shape," from Late Latin taliare "to split" (see tailor). Sense of "have consequences" is 1829, via the notion of "inseparable connection." Related: Entailed; entailling; entailment.
Example
- 1. But to be effective , action would entail higher taxes .
- 2. His strategy does entail some risks .
- 3. Yet most of us are naive about what climate-change adaptation will entail .
- 4. Think different means live different , though different does not entail better .
- 5. But they disagree about what this should in practice entail .