| 单词 | death tax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath tax death tax n. (a) a large number of deaths caused by or occurring as a corollary of a particular situation, phenomenon, etc. (now rare); (b) colloquial a tax levied on a deceased person's estate (now chiefly U.S. (depreciative)). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > estate or inheritance taxes finec1436 legacy duty1786 probate duty1804 inheritance tax (or taxation)1841 death tax1850 death duty1852 succession duty1853 succession tax1859 testate duty1880 estate duty1889 capital transfer tax1928 1850 Athenæum 13 July 742/2 Is it not possible to work our coal mines effectively and economically, without incurring this dreadful death tax? 1880 Hansard Commons 11 Mar. 841 He hoped that the right hon. Gentleman would now give them some distinct reasons for the very considerable addition which he proposed to make in the 'death tax', on personal, to the exclusion of real, property. 1907 Lloyd's Weekly News 17 Feb. 12/1 We can easily imagine what a tremendous death tax this disease inflicts and demands. 1967 J. G. Davis Hold my Hand I'm Dying xxxii. 304 I tried to sell him a policy to cover his death tax so his widow would pick up his estate intact. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Aug. iii. 4/1 Perhaps no other tax has so many passionate..opponents as the estate tax, or ‘death tax’, as they have branded it. < as lemmas |
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