Legacy
Legacy (leg"ȧ*sy) , noun
[Latin (assumed) legatia, for legatum, from legare to appoint by last will, to bequeath as a legacy, to depute: compare Old French legat legacy. See Legate.]
1.
A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Figuratively; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
2.
A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
My legacy and message wherefore I am sent into the world.
He came and told his legacy.
Collocations (2)
Legacy duty , a tax paid to government on legacies. — Wharton
Legacy hunter , one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.