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单词 bequest
释义
bequest
noun[C]
uk
/bɪˈkwest/us
/bɪˈkwest/
themoneyorpropertybelongingto someone that they say that, aftertheirdeath, theywishto be given to otherpeople:
遗赠，遗产
Her willincludedsmallbequeststoherfamily, while most of herfortunewent tocharity.她在遗嘱中写明将一小部分遗产留给家人，大部分都捐给慈善机构。
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Gifts in the form of money
(Definition ofbequestfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

bequest| American Dictionary

bequest
noun[C]
us
/bɪˈkwest/
themoneyorpropertythat someone, afterdeath, gives to someoneelse:
Her willincludedlargebequests tocharity.
(Definition ofbequestfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

bequest| Business English

bequest
noun[C]
LAWformal
uk
/bɪˈkwest/us
moneyorpropertythat someone hasleftto apersonororganizationintheirwill(= adocumentstatingwho will haveyourmoneyandpropertyafter youdie):
Her willincludedsmallbequests toherfamily, while most of herfortunewent tocharity.
(Definition ofbequestfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbequest

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At age 6 nobody receives any bequests because the parent is at age 11 and is going to die for certain.
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Higher persistence is associated with larger (absolute) tax elasticities, even if the model allows for altruistic bequests.
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This is valid in the case where the couple's motivations for leaving abequestare altruistic.
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But this is not clear since younger individuals who receive bequests would have a lower demand for precautionary saving.
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A longer life span yields smaller unintentional bequests and thus lowers the level of the young agents' wealth.
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Agents differ in age, ability, earnings shocks, and inherited bequests.
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As new medical technologies sent expenses on an upward spiral, small provincial hospitals, largely funded by small private bequests, could not keep up.
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So how do people view assets in later life, particularly in relation to the issue of bequests?
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In this case, the wealth of members of a dynasty at any instant can be interpreted as abequestfrom preceding generations.
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There is nobequestmotive, labor supply is assumed to be exogenous and the individual is not permitted to borrow either stocks or bonds.
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The core of the parish holding was an ancientbequestof 1618, but additional land was added in 1701, 1718, 1722, and 1727.
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This implies that the levels of accidental bequests received by young agents in the short run are different from the long-run ones.
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Other models are life cycle, intergenerational with retirement, uncertain lifetimes, accidental and deliberate bequests, as well as mixtures of these.
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It is more difficult to measure the size of intended bequests relative to that of purely accidental ones, due to uncertainty about the life span.
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The percentage of the population without bequests seems reasonable.
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