death duty in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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duty [Brit ˈdjuːti, Am ˈd(j)udi] N

death [Brit dɛθ, Am dɛθ] N

death (of person)
mort f
death (of person)
décès m
death (of animal)
mort f
death (of hopes, plans, dreams, civilization, democracy) fig
anéantissement m
at (the time of) his death
à sa mort
a death in the family
un décès dans la famille
death by hanging/drowning
mort par pendaison/noyade
to starve/freeze to death
mourir de faim/de froid
to burn to death
mourir carbonisé
to put sb to death
exécuter qn
to sentence sb to death LAW
condamner qn à mort
death to the king!
mort au roi!
a fight to the death
un combat à mort
they fought to the death
ils se sont battus à mort
to drink oneself to death
se tuer en buvant
to work oneself to death
se tuer au travail or à la tâche
she's working herself to death!
elle se tue au travail!
she fell to her death
elle s'est tuée en tombant
she jumped to her death
elle s'est tuée en sautant dans le vide
he met his death in a skiing accident
il a trouvé la mort dans un accident de ski
to come close to death
friser la mort
he remains a controversial figure in death as in life
il reste un personnage controversé aussi bien mort que vivant
to die a violent death
mourir de mort violente
to do sb to death
assassiner qn
that excuse/joke has been done to death fig
cette excuse/blague est éculée or est vieille comme le monde
that play has been done to death
cette pièce a été jouée tant de fois qu'on finit par s'en lasser
they were united in death
ils ont été unis dans la mort
till death do us part
jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare
‘Deaths’ JOURN
‘Rubrique Nécrologique’
a fall would mean or spell death
une chute serait fatale
this means or spells the death of the old industries
cela va être la mort des vieilles industries
to die a or the death fashion:
disparaître complètement
to die a or the death entertainer, play:
faire un bide inf
he died the death
il aurait voulu rentrer sous terre
those children will be the death of me!
ces enfants me tueront!
that thesis/car will be the death of her!
cette thèse/voiture la tuera!
don't tell him, it will be the death of him
ne le lui dis pas, ça l'achèvera
it's a matter of life or death
c'est une question de vie ou de mort
to look like death warmed up
avoir l'air d'un cadavre ambulant
I feel like death (warmed up)!
je ne me sens pas bien du tout!
to be at death's door
être à (l'article de) la mort
to be worried to death inf
se ronger les sangs (about au sujet de)
to be frightened to death inf
être mort de peur
to frighten or scare sb to death
faire une peur bleue à qn inf
to be bored to death inf
s'ennuyer à mourir
I'm sick or tired to death inf of this! inf
j'en ai par-dessus la tête!, j'en ai ras le bol! inf
you'll catch your death (of cold) inf
tu vas crever or mourir de froid

See also thousand

I.thousand [Brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, Am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd] N (figure)

III.thousand [Brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, Am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd] ADJ

IV.thousand [Brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, Am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd]

death duty in the PONS Dictionary

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duty <-ties> [ˈdju:ti, Am ˈdu:t̬i] N

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They also requested the reduction of rents and annual duties in kind, as well as the abolition of death duty.
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In other words, the lifetime cap is in effect a new death duty.
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Even the prospect of a screaming death duty headline on the weekend did not change that position.
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The bigger curse was, perhaps, the death duty, the inheritance tax on the property that fell to the sixth earl to pay.
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It is death duty by another name.
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Inheritance tax, estate tax, death duty -- call it what you will -- a tax on large inherited windfall gains should be a part of any fair tax system.
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It is comparable to a death duty or inheritance tax.
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