death duty
death duty · death duties
налог на наследство
Erbschaftssteuer, Erbschaftsteuer
An inheritance tax or estate taxAn inheritance tax or estate tax.
» Though pain and death await us, duty sends us against the enemy.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)An inheritance tax or estate tax.
a tax on the estate of the deceased person
Examples
2 sentencesThough pain and death await us, duty sends us against the enemy.
Light taxes and death duties make the island a popular offshore financial center.
Forms
plural: death duties| Singular | death duty |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- a tax on the estate of the deceased person:inheritance taxestate taxdeath tax
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable