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inheritance tax

a tax levied by the state upon the right of a beneficiary to receive the property of a deceased person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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