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DEATH TAX
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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 ("death tax" is a kind of...):
transfer tax (any tax levied on the passing of title to property)