HyperDic: death_duty

English > 1 sense of the expression *death duty*:
NOUN	possession	death duty, inheritance tax, estate tax, death tax	a tax on the estate of the deceased person

English > *death duty*: 1 sense > noun 1, possession
Meaning	A tax on the estate of the deceased person.
Synonyms	inheritance tax, estate tax, death tax
Broader	transfer tax	Any tax levied on the passing of title to property
Spanish	derechos de sucesión, impuesto por sucesión, impuesto sucesorio
Catalan	drets de successió, impost de sucessions