Noun: legacy le-gu-see
- (law) a gift of personal property by will
"She left a generous legacy to her favourite charity";
- bequest
- Something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage
"a great legacy from the Olympic games"; "his legacy will be equality, peace, forgiveness and humanity"
- (computing) old or no longer in active use
"They expect it to take years to process and import all the legacy data"
Derived forms: legacies
Type of: gift, heritage, inheritance
Encyclopedia: Legacy, Part 1: Alive Again