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death duty — UK US noun [C or U] UK ► TAX INHERITANCE TAX(Cf. ↑inheritance tax): »Some assets may escape death duty if they are transferred seven years before death … Financial and business terms
death duty — n. Brit. INHERITANCE TAX … English World dictionary
death duty — noun a tax on the estate of the deceased person • Syn: ↑inheritance tax, ↑estate tax, ↑death tax • Hypernyms: ↑transfer tax * * * noun chiefly Britain : death tax … Useful english dictionary
death duty — death′ du ty n. ecn brit. inheritance tax • Etymology: 1880–85 … From formal English to slang
death duty — noun Date: 1881 chiefly British death tax … New Collegiate Dictionary
death duty — inheritance tax, death tax … English contemporary dictionary
death duty — noun (in the UK) a tax levied on property after the owner s death. Now called inheritance tax … English new terms dictionary
death duty — / deθ ˌdju:ti/, death tax / deθ tæks/ noun US a tax paid on the property left by a dead person (NOTE: the British equivalent is inheritance tax) … Marketing dictionary in english
death duty — / deθ ˌdju:ti/ noun US a tax paid on the property left by a dead person. Also called death tax (NOTE: The UK term is inheritance tax.) … Dictionary of banking and finance
death duty — Brit. See inheritance tax. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
