death duty

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[usuallypl.] (old-fashioned, BrE) = INHERITANCETAX

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death dutyEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus death dutyEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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death duty