inherited

2 definitions • 3 examples

received from someone who has died:

inherited money/property/wealth

an inherited situation, problem, department, etc. is one that you have become responsible for dealing with or managing:

The inherited economy was recovering strongly, having been very sensibly managed for four years.

inherited assets/debts/budgets Had it not been for a writeoff of inherited bad debts, the net loss would have been much lower.