<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Legacies:<ul><li>Law: a gift of property, especially personal property, such as money, by will; a bequest.</li><li>Synonyms: inheritance</li><li>anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor: the legacy of ancient Rome.</li><li>Synonyms: inheritance</li><li>an applicant to or student at the alma mater of their parent or parents: As a legacy, he worried that professors would expect him to be less qualified than his peers.</li><li>Obsolete: the office, function, or commission of a legate.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to old or outdated computer hardware, software, or data that, while still functional, does not work well with up-to-date systems: Legacy systems put you at greater risk of cyberattacks.</li><li>of or relating to an existing system, process, or state of affairs inherited from the past and typically a burden: legacy pollutants; a legacy drainage system.</li><li>being or relating to a university applicant or student whose parent or other close relative attended the same school: The admissions policies of most Ivy League schools favor legacy applicants.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>