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legacy noun
/ˈleg.ə.si/ n [C] Definition
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money or property that you receive from someone after they dieAn elderly cousin had left her a small legacy.
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something that is a part of your history or which stays from an earlier timeThe Greeks have a rich legacy of literature.
The war has left a legacy of hatred.
(Definition of legacy noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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