death tax
noun [C or U] USDefinition
› TAX an amount of money that someone has to pay to the government when they receive money or property from someone who has recently died: Some would like to see an end to death tax. → See also estate tax, inheritance tax
(Definition of death tax noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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