death-duty
1death 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 …
2death duty — n. Brit. INHERITANCE TAX …
3death 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 …
4death duty — death′ du ty n. ecn brit. inheritance tax • Etymology: 1880–85 …
5death duty — estate duty A tax levied on the estate of a person who has died; the amount of the tax is calculated by assessing the estate of the deceased person in accordance with the appropriate tax regulations. In the UK, estate duty was replaced in 1975 by …
6death duty — noun Date: 1881 chiefly British death tax …
7death duty — inheritance tax, death tax …
8death duty — noun (in the UK) a tax levied on property after the owner s death. Now called inheritance tax …
9death 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) …
10death 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.) …
