bequests
Gifts from wills
Bequests are gifts left to others through a will, typically taking effect after the giver's death.
The word usually refers to money or property: The museum was built with bequests from wealthy patrons.
Charitable bequests to universities and hospitals often come with naming rights or stipulations about use.
One who makes bequests
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- executorAppointed estate manager
- probateWill validation proceedings
- codicilWill modification document
testament · will · estate · devisee · trustee · fiduciary · intestate · testate
Inherited family treasure
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- estateProperty and grounds
lineage · ancestry · primogeniture · dower · heirship · succession · bloodline · dynasty
Generous giving for others
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- benefactorOne who gives aid
trust · contribution · patronage · charity · grant · fellowship · scholarship · altruism
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- artifactHuman-made historical object
relic · preservation · conservation · custodianship · stewardship · keepsake · memento · remembrance
Thing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- last wishesDying person's stated desires
- obituaryNotice of someone's passing
eulogy · epitaph · deceased · posthumous · interment · funeral · mourning · bereavement
testator
One who makes bequests
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- executorAppointed estate manager
- probateWill validation proceedings
codicil · testament · will · estate · devisee · trustee · fiduciary · intestate · testate · decedent
heirloom
Inherited family treasure
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
estate · lineage · ancestry · primogeniture · dower · heirship · succession · bloodline · dynasty · descendants
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- foundationUnderlying support structure
benefactor · trust · contribution · patronage · charity · grant · fellowship · scholarship · altruism · munificence
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
- heirloomInherited family treasure
artifact · relic · preservation · conservation · custodianship · stewardship · keepsake · memento · remembrance · tribute
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- last wishesDying person's stated desires
obituary · eulogy · epitaph · deceased · posthumous · interment · funeral · mourning · bereavement · honor
- Roman inheritanceheirs, testament, testator, intestate, legatee
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- museumsmuseums, art museums, exhibits, galleries, exhibitions
- philanthropydonations, charity work, donate, give, giving
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donation, donations, contribution
- fundraisingdonation, donations, donor, donors, fundraiser
bequestspurchases
Goods obtained for money
earnings · disinheritances · confiscations · seizures · acquisitions