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Meaning of "death duty" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEATH DUTY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEATH DUTY

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Death duty is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEATH DUTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Inheritance tax

An inheritance tax or estate tax is a levy paid by a person who inherits money or property or a tax on the estate of a person who has died. In international tax law, there is a distinction between an estate tax and an inheritance tax: an estate tax is assessed on the assets of the deceased, while an inheritance tax is assessed on the legacies received by the beneficiaries of the estate. However, this distinction is not always respected in the language of tax laws. For example, the "inheritance tax" in the United Kingdom is a tax on the assets of the deceased, and is therefore, strictly speaking, an estate tax. For historical reasons, the term death duty is still used colloquially in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries to refer to the estate tax.

Definition of death duty in the English dictionary

The definition of death duty in the dictionary is a tax on property inheritances: in Britain, replaced in 1975 by capital transfer tax and since 1986 by inheritance tax Also called: estate duty.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEATH DUTY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE DEATH DUTY

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combat duty
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traffic duty

Synonyms and antonyms of death duty in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «death duty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEATH DUTY

Find out the translation of death duty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of death duty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «death duty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

遗产税
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deber muerte
570 millions of speakers

English

death duty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौत कर्तव्य
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

واجب الموت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смерть пошлины
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dever morte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্যুর দায়িত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

droits de succession
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tugas mati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erbschaftssteuer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

相続税
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽음 의무
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati tugas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhiệm vụ chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரண கடமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यु कर्तव्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

veraset vergisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dovere morte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obowiązkiem śmierć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смерть мита
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

datoria moarte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθήκον του θανάτου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood plig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

död tull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arveavgift
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of death duty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH DUTY»

The term «death duty» is normally little used and occupies the 147.774 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH DUTY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about death duty

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEATH DUTY»

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Death Duty
Haunted by two unsolved deaths abroad, a tough but beautiful case officer for the U.S. State Department and a jaded detective stumble on a deadly conspiracy reaching from the mean streets of Washington to Beijing. Reprint.
Stephen Kimball, Stephen Kimball, 1998
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Death Duty
'I don't know what he hit me with.
Clare Littleford, 2004
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A Practical Guide to the Death Duties and to the Preparation ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Charles Beatty, 2009
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Encyclopedic Graded Grammar Vol 1
... + duty = Death duty Death + gratuity = Death gratuity Death + rate = Death rate Death + report = Death report Death + sentence = Death sentence Death + warrant = Death warrant Noun + Noun Acreage + duty = Acreage duty Countervailing ...
I P Attarde
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PUBLIC FINANCE
10.6 TAXES ON WEALTH AND CAPITAL Taxes which have been levied on wealth and capital are of three types: death duty, annual tax on wealth and gift tax . 10.6.1 Death Duty There are two forms of death duties, namely estate duty and ...
M. MARIA JOHN KENNEDY, 2012
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Trusts Law: Text and Materials
In addition to administrative convenience it can be argued that a death duty has a special attraction compared with other forms of capital taxation in that it taxes inherited wealth. The assumption is that there is less moral justification for inherited ...
Graham Moffat, Gerry Bean, Rebecca Probert, 2009
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The Succession Duty Act, 1853, with Practical Notes, and an ...
Determination of charge, estate or interest upon death, duty payable on, 53, 54, 37, 38, 72; where not created by the party himself, 47, 48. Determination of lease for life, when duty not payable on, 38, 53, 3, 60; of lease for years, no duty on, 3, ...
John Frederick ARCHBOLD, 1854
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Public Finance
Firstly, the death duty is levied on the property of the deceased without having any consideration for the capacity of those who inherit the property. Secondly, how can it be estimated as to how much tax was evaded by the deceased. According ...
S.N. Chand, 2008
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Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Economics
Compiler DEATH DUTY (*Public finance) Tax levied on the transfer of property after the death of an individual to his heirs. It has two forms: (1) Estate duty, and ( 2) inheritance tax. (1) Estate duty or succession duty is death duty levied on the ...
N. B. Ghodke, 1985
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Bohan and McCarthy - Capital Acquisitions Tax
[23.09] This section provides that inheritance tax shall not be a duty or a death duty for the purposes of Succession Act 1965, s 9 but that it shall be a death duty for the following purposes: (a) For the purposes of an administration bond under  ...
Brian Bohan, Fergus McCarthy, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEATH DUTY»

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Middle classes to escape death duty as threshold rises to £1m
Millions of family homes will be lifted out of inheritance tax in next week's Budget. Honouring a pledge first announced eight years ago, George ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
The Tories' nutty tax promises, how Fallon weaponised Trident, and …
... “estate duty”, “death duty” and “capital transfer tax”. The left favours the more neutral-sounding names; the right prefers anything with “death” ... «New Statesman, Apr 15»
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Victory as Tories pledge to kill hated inheritance tax for ALL but the …
Critics regard death duty as a form of double taxation, as homeowners have already paid tax on income used to purchase the property. «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»
4
David Cameron vows to tackle 'Death Duty' so parents will be able to …
PARENTS will be able to pass on £1million to their children under Conservative plans to “take the family home out of inheritance tax”. «Daily Star, Apr 15»
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Daughter of Hickstead showjumping founder jailed for avoiding …
Daughter of Hickstead showjumping founder jailed for avoiding death duty. Theresa Bunn, third child of late Douglas Bunn, lied to HM Revenue ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
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Inheritance Tax: Relief for homeowners as Tories plan cut to 'death
... Inheritance Tax - branded a "death duty" - for millions of families. ... rather than piling on even more misery by slapping on a death duty," said ... «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»
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EXCLUSIVE: Inheritance Tax to be CUT - George Osborne to unveil …
The long-awaited reform of the unpopular death duty could be announced as early as Wednesday when the Chancellor delivers his last Budget ... «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»
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O'Connor reaches landmark success in point-to-points
Ireland's champion amateur rider Derek O'Connor recorded 1,000 wins in point-to-points when successful on Death Duty at Cragmore in ... «SkySports, Feb 15»
9
10 Major Tax Hikes Part of Obama's $4 Trillion Budget
Capital Gains/Second Death Duty: Obama wants to increase the top rate of the capital gains tax to 28 percent from its current rate of about 25 ... «Newsmax.com, Feb 15»
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'Inheritance tax is immoral' Calls to cut death levy as taxman rakes in …
Soaring house prices meant annual Government receipts from the death duty increased by £400million from 2013. The rise shows that tens of ... «Express.co.uk, Jan 15»

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