Heritage

  • 11heritage — I noun ancestry, bequest, birthright, descent, expectations, future possession, hereditament, heredltas, heredium, heritance, incorporeal hereditament, inheritance, inherited lot, inherited portion, legacy, lineage, patrimonium, patrimony,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 12heritage — [her′ə tij] n. [ME < OFr < heriter < LL(Ec) hereditare, to inherit < L hereditas: see HEREDITY] 1. property that is or can be inherited 2. a) something handed down from one s ancestors or the past, as a characteristic, a culture,… …

    English World dictionary

  • 13Heritage FM — (call sign: 6HCR FM) is a community radio station that broadcasts on 107.3 MHz FM from their studios at 33 Mills Road in Gosnells, Western Australia. It broadcasts a wide range of locally produced music and information programs.The station first… …

    Wikipedia

  • 14heritage — UK US /ˈherɪtɪdʒ/ noun [U] ► the history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, society, or company that exist from the past and continue to be important: »Their marketing strategy emphasizes the company s belief in its unique… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 15heritage — c.1200, that which may be inherited, from O.Fr. iritage, eritage, heritage, from heriter inherit, from L.L. hereditare, ultimately from L. heres (gen. heredis) heir (see HEREDITY (Cf. heredity)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 16heritage — [n] person’s background, tradition ancestry, bequest, birthright, convention, culture, custom, dowry, endowment, estate, fashion, heirship, heritance, inheritance, legacy, lot, patrimony, portion, right, share, tradition; concepts 296,648,678 …

    New thesaurus

  • 17heritage — ► NOUN 1) property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance. 2) valued things such as historic buildings that have been passed down from previous generations. 3) (before another noun ) relating to things of historic or cultural value that are… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 18héritage — (é ri ta j ) s. m. 1°   Ce qui vient par voie de succession. Faire un grand héritage. •   L habit qu il eut sur lui fut son seul héritage, BOILEAU Sat. I. •   Il [Bernard de Weimar] meurt de maladie à la fleur de son âge, le 18 juillet... ; il… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 19HÉRITAGE — s. m. Ce qui vient par voie de succession. Recueillir l héritage de ses pères. Il n en a eu que quelques tableaux pour tout héritage. Faire un grand héritage, Le recueillir. Prov. et fig., Promesse de grand n est pas héritage, Il ne faut pas trop …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 20HÉRITAGE — n. m. Ce qui vient par voie de succession. Recueillir l’héritage de ses pères. Il n’en a eu que quelques tableaux pour tout héritage. Faire un grand héritage, Le recueillir. Il se dit, dans une acception plus étendue, pour signifier les Immeubles …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)