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31Inheritance — For other uses, see Inheritance (disambiguation) and Heir (disambiguation). William Hogarth s plate 1 from A Rake s Progress, The Young Heir Takes Possession Of The Miser s Effects as his inherita …
32inheritance — /in her i teuhns/, n. 1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. 2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively. 3.… …
33Inheritance (object-oriented programming) — In object oriented programming (OOP), inheritance is a way to reuse code of existing objects, establish a subtype from an existing object, or both, depending upon programming language support. In classical inheritance where objects are defined by …
34Inheritance (computer science) — In object oriented programming, inheritance is a way to form new classes (instances of which are called objects) using classes that have already been defined. The inheritance concept was invented in 1967 for Simula. [ [http://heim.ifi.uio.no/… …
35Inheritance tax — An inheritance tax or estate tax is a levy paid by a person who inherits money or property or a tax on the estate (total value of the money and property) of a person who has died.[1] In international tax law, there is a distinction between an… …
36Inheritance Tax (United Kingdom) — In the United Kingdom, Inheritance Tax was first introduced as a tax on estates in England and Wales over a certain value from 1796, then called legacy, succession and estate duties. The value changed over time and the scope of estate duty was… …
37inheritance tax — a tax levied on the right of an heir to receive a decedent s property, the rate being a percentage of the value of the property. Also called death tax; Brit., death duty. Cf. estate tax. [1835 45] * * * Levy on the property accruing to each… …
38inheritance — noun 1 money/property ADJECTIVE ▪ large ▪ small ▪ rightful (literary) ▪ He accused his younger brother of trying to steal his rightful inheritance. VERB + INHERITANCE …
39inheritance */*/ — UK [ɪnˈherɪt(ə)ns] / US noun Word forms inheritance : singular inheritance plural inheritances 1) a) [countable] property or money that you receive from someone when they die advice for people who have recently received an inheritance b)… …
40inheritance — [[t]ɪnhe̱rɪt(ə)ns[/t]] inheritances 1) N VAR An inheritance is money or property which you receive from someone who has died. She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother. 2) N COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft with poss If you get something …
