death duty
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death duty
n. Chiefly British
A tax on inherited property; an inheritance tax.
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death duty
n
(Banking & Finance) a tax on property inheritances: in Britain, replaced in 1975 by capital transfer tax and since 1986 by inheritance tax. Also called: estate duty
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inher′itance tax`
n.
a tax levied on the value of property bequeathed to an heir.
Also called death tax; Brit., death duty. [1835]
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Noun | 1. | death duty - a tax on the estate of the deceased person transfer tax - any tax levied on the passing of title to property |
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death duty
n gen pl (Brit) → tassa di successioneCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995