noun
any tax levied on the passing of title to property
• Hypernyms: ↑tax, ↑taxation, ↑revenue enhancement
• Hyponyms: ↑inheritance tax, ↑estate tax, ↑death tax, ↑death duty
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noun1. : inheritance tax 1
2. : an excise tax levied upon the transfer of real or especially intangible property among the living and often signified by revenue stamps affixed to the instrument effecting the transfer
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transfer tax,
a tax levied, usually in the form of a stamp tax, upon the transfer of real estate, documents, securities, and other property.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.