estate tax

noun [C] US (also death tax, UK inheritance tax, UK death duty, UK estate duty)

Definition

› TAX, PROPERTY a tax paid on the value of the property, money, and other assets of someone who has died: Many people don't understand how the estate tax laws actually work.

(Definition of estate tax noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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