All 3 Uses
legacy
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Our Town
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- Well, I did beat about the bush a little and said that if I got a legacy—that's the way I put it—I'd make him take me.
Scene 1 *legacy = cash from a will
- And if I get that legacy, I'm going to insist on it.
Scene 1legacy = a gift left in a will
- Don't you remember, Mother Gibbs—the legacy you left us?†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(legacy) coming from the past or left to the futurein various senses including:
- in law -- a gift given through a will -- "She left a legacy of $10,000 to her niece."
- of a situation -- resulting from the past -- "Today's debt problem is a legacy of profligate spending by prior administrations."
- of culture -- a practice passed from one generation to the next -- "The city has along legacy of bribes and corruption."
- of technology -- something that still uses old technology -- "We're using a legacy software that only the old-timers know how to update."
- of a member or potential member of an organization -- the child of a previous member -- "She is a legacy candidate."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)