Inheritance | Mean of inheritance in English Dictionary

/ɪnˈherətəns/

• Noun
• money, property, etc., that is received from someone when that person dies
1. She began her own business with the inheritance she got from her grandfather.
2. He left sizable inheritances to his children.
3. an inheritance tax [=a tax on inherited property or money]
• something from the past that is still important or valuable
1. The buildings are part of the city's architectural inheritance.
2. our cultural inheritance
• the act of inheriting something
1. the inheritance of an estate
2. the inheritance of a genetic trait