Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: death duty  'deth,d(y)oo-tee
Usage: Brit
  1. A tax on the estate of the deceased person
    "The heirs had to pay a substantial death duty on their grandmother's estate";
    - inheritance tax [Brit, Cdn], estate tax, death tax

Derived forms: death duties

Type of: transfer tax

Encyclopedia: Death duty