estate duty
noun
another name for death duty
Words Nearby estate duty
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How to use estate duty in a sentence
In close relation with the income-tax is the estate duty, with its adjuncts of Legacy and Succession Duties.
Ignore any adjustment in respect of Interest on estate duty.
De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bona | Ernest Evan SpicerA general increase in the existing rates of estate duty cannot be made without discouraging thrift.
Rebuilding Britain | Alfred HopkinsonThe settlement estate duty would be abolished, and settled property treated like any other.
The Annual Register 1914 | AnonymousThe proposals regarding the estate duty to be charged also vary.
British Socialism | J. Ellis Barker
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