Legacy /(lĕg"ȧ*sy̆)/

Leg·a·cy

Legacy

n.

pl. Legacies ((-sĭz))

  1. A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; 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.
    — Tyndale.
    He came and told his legacy.

Phrases & Compounds
Legacy duty
a tax paid to government on legacies.
Legacy hunter
one who flatters and courts any one for the sake of a legacy.