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• Inheritably

  [in-her-i-tuh-buh l] /ɪnˈhɛr ɪ tə bəl/ adjective 1. capable of being . 2. capable of ; qualified to . /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəbəl/ adjective 1. capable of being transmitted by heredity from one generation to a later one 2. capable of being inherited 3. (rare) capable of inheriting; having the right to inherit inheritable in·her·it·a·ble (ĭn-hěr’ĭ-tə-bəl) adj. Capable […]

• Inheritance

  [in-her-i-tuh ns] /ɪnˈhɛr ɪ təns/ noun 1. something that is or may be ; 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. something, as a quality, characteristic, or other immaterial possession, received from progenitors or predecessors […]

• Inheritance-tax

  noun 1. 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. noun 1. (in Britain) a tax introduced in 1986 to replace capital transfer tax, consisting of a percentage levied on that part of an inheritance exceeding a specified […]

• Inherited

  [in-her-it] /ɪnˈhɛr ɪt/ verb (used with object) 1. to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir: to inherit the family business. 2. to receive as if by succession from predecessors: the problems the new government inherited from its predecessors. 3. to receive (a genetic character) by […]

• Inherited character

  inherited character n. A single attribute of an animal or plant transmitted at one locus from generation to generation in accordance with genetic principles.

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