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estate tax

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estate tax noun
plural estate taxes
estate tax
noun
plural estate taxes
Britannica Dictionary definition of ESTATE TAX
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: a tax that you pay on the money and other property that comes to you because someone has died : a tax on an estate that you inherit
called also (British) death duty, (chiefly US) death tax