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C2. money or property that you receive from someone after they die: An elderly cousin had left her a small legacy. C2. something that is a part of your history or that remains from an earlier time: The Greeks have a rich legacy of literature. The war has left a legacy of hatred. Fewer examples. The scars are the legacy of chicken pox.
1. : a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest. She left us a legacy of a million dollars. 2. : something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past. the legacy of the ancient philosophers. The war left a legacy of pain and suffering. 3.
noun. , plural leg·a·cies. Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, such as money, by will; a bequest. Synonyms: inheritance. anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor: the legacy of ancient Rome.
Aug 22, 2016 · We often use the term “legacy” to refer to what a person leaves behind; how a person will be remembered, and what they will be remember for (good and bad); in other words,...
LAW. money or property that a person or organization receives from someone who has died: Many people want to leave a legacy to a charity they have supported all their lives.
Use the word, legacy, for something handed down from one generation to the next. A retiring company president might leave a legacy of honesty and integrity. Legacy comes from the Latin verb, legare "to appoint by a last will, send as an ambassador."
1. : something (such as property or money) that is received from someone who has died. She left us a legacy of a million dollars. a substantial legacy. 2. : something that happened in the past or that comes from someone in the past. He left his children a legacy of love and respect.
