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单词 death duty
释义
death duty
noun[U]
UK
uk
/ˈdeθ ˌdjuː.ti/us
/ˈdeθ ˌduː.t̬i/
theunofficialnamefortaxon a person'smoneyand possessions when theydie
（非正式说法）遗产税
Synonym
inheritance tax
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(Definition ofdeath dutyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • He must have come in for about thirty thousand, besides what he had under that settlement of Roger's, which had avoided death duty.
  • Ireland being mainly an agricultural country, income tax, death duties, and stamps yield much less per head of the population there than in Great Britain.
  • On the contrary, where there are no children and no widow to be provided for, death duties might be much increased without causing hardship.
  • Some nobleman or gentleman, through the extravagance of himself or his ancestors, or on account of the pressure of death duties, finds himself impoverished.
  • The death duties, especially where a deceased person leaves a large family, already cause much hardship.

death duty| Business English

death duty
noun[CorU]
UK
uk
us
TAX
→inheritance tax:
Someassetsmayescapedeathdutyif they aretransferredsevenyearsbeforedeath.
(Definition ofdeath dutyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdeath duty

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It is also free of rates and free ofdeathduty, if it attracts that.
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Since then there has been a further increase in the starting point fordeathduty.
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The benefit ofdeathduty, however, goes to very wealthy people who are still coming into farming.
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It is very often said that the benefit of thedeathdutyallowances which holders of agricultural land have benefits the son of a farmer.
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This naturally gives a very much greater value to the house and involves the widow in a very much higher payment ofdeathduty.
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Moreover, our best estimates lead to the conclusion thatdeathdutyhas not done much to reduce the inequalities in inherited wealth.
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No one in his right mind will form an agricultural company with the presentdeathdutyprovisions.
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What is the combined effect of the high rate of surcharge in relation to this high rate ofdeathduty?
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That suggests to me that thedeathdutyvaluation of real property may very often be too lo w relatively to the market value.
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Deathdutyyield is only a fraction of what it should be.
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The emasculation of the capital transfer tax by the 10-year rule and the less onerousdeathdutyprovisions have made it a voluntary tax.
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To say that it was retrospective legislation would be to say that we could never close adeathdutyloophole.
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Is he further aware that thedeathdutyrelief, originally intended to help good landlordism, is now used for dodging death duties?
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That land was surrendered in lieu ofdeathduty.
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Deathdutydeprives heirs of property they would otherwise have had.
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