generation-skipping tax
gen·er·a·tion-skip·ping tax (abbr. GST) • n. an estate tax imposed on beneficiaries who are two or more generations removed from the testator: a married couple has a total generation-skipping tax exemption of transfers of up to $2,000,000.
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