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death taxes

death taxes is the plural of death tax.

Meaning of death tax

Noun

death tax (plural death taxes)

  1. (US, derogatory) Inheritance tax.
    • Spurred by [Frank] Luntz, Republicans have employed the term “death tax” so aggressively that it has entered the popular lexicon.[2001 December 19, Joshua Green, “Meet Mr. Death”, in The American Prospect, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2026

Questions about death taxes

What is death taxes the plural of?
Death taxes is the plural of death tax.

Words near death taxes in the dictionary

  1. death stares
  2. death stars
  3. death stick
  4. death sticks
  5. death tax
  6. death taxes
  7. death threat
  8. death threats
  9. death throe
  10. death throes
  11. death toll

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