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In its basic meaning, a legacy is a gift of money or other personal property that's granted by the terms of a will—often a substantial gift that needs to be properly managed. But the word is used much more broadly as well.
LEGACY definition: 1. money or property that you receive from someone after they die: 2. something that is a part of…. Learn more.
adjective [ before noun ] uk / ˈleɡəsi / us. a legacy product or system is one that is no longer available to buy or no longer used very often, but that is still used by some people or companies: legacy computer / information systems.
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.
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.
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