Synonyms for death duty


Grammar : Noun


Définition of death duty

  • As in death tax : noun estate tax on a deceased person
  • As in estate tax : noun tax on a deceased person's estate
  • As in inheritance tax : noun tax after death
Example sentences :
  • But there they go, wanting to take most of it in Death Duty.
  • Extract from : « Joanna Godden » by Sheila Kaye-Smith
  • For the tax levied on the estate of deceased persons, and sometimes called “death duty,” see Succession Duty.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 » by Various
  • When a man is dead, he is dead, and in estimating the death duty you have not to bother about how long he is going to live!
  • Extract from : « Essays in Liberalism » by Various

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