Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - legacy
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(legacies) 1. A legacy is money or property which someone leaves to you when they die. You could make a real difference to someone’s life by leaving them a generous legacy. N-COUNT 2. A legacy of an event or period of history is something which is a direct result of it and which continues to exist after it is over. ...a programme to overcome the legacy of inequality and injustice created by Apartheid... N-COUNT: with supp, usu N of n, n N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural -cies) Etymology: Middle English legacie office of a legate, bequest, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, office of a legate, from Medieval Latin legatia, from Latin legatus Date: 15th century 1. a gift by will especially of money or other personal property ; bequest 2. something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past the ~ of the ancient philosophers II. adjective Date: 1990 of, relating to, or being a previous or outdated computer system transfer the ~ data a ~ system ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a gift left in a will. 2 something handed down by a predecessor (legacy of corruption). Phrases and idioms legacy-hunter a person who pays court to another to secure a legacy. Etymology: ME f. OF legacie legateship f. med.L legatia f. L legare bequeath ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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сущ. наследство, наследие residuary legacy — завещательный отказ движимости, оставшейся после выплаты долгов Syn: inheritance, patrimony ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. наследство to leave a legacy —- оставить наследство legacy duty —- наследственная пошлина 2. юр. легат, завещательный отказ absolute legacy —- завещательный отказ, не связанный какими-л. условиями conditional legacy —- условный завещательный отказ 3. наследие legacy of the past —- наследие прошлого legacy of the ancient philosophers —- наследие философов древности legacy of ill-will —- унаследованное предубеждение; наследственная вражда 4. ист. миссия или должность папского легата ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1384, from O.Fr. legacie, from M.L. legatia, from L. legare "appoint by a last will, send as a legate." Sense of "property left by will" appeared in Scot. c.1460. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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