death duty
noun [U] UKDefinition
› the unofficial name for tax on a person's money and possessions when they dieTaxation
(Definition of death duty noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- assessable income noun
- capital gains tax noun
- capitation noun
- chargeable adjective
- corporation tax noun
- custom noun (OFFICIAL CHECK)
- indirect tax noun
- inheritance tax noun
- levy noun
- National Insurance noun
- overtax verb (MONEY)
- rateable value noun
- tax credit noun
- tax exile noun
- tax haven noun
- tax relief noun
- tax-deductible adjective
- tax-free adjective
- welfare state noun
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