INHERITANCE TAX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tax on the estate of the deceased person

Synonyms:

death duty; death tax; estate tax; inheritance tax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("inheritance tax" is a kind of...):

transfer tax (any tax levied on the passing of title to property)

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