| 单词 | acceptance in lieu | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasacceptance in lieu   acceptance in lieu  n. (in the United Kingdom) a scheme by which the government accepts artworks, manuscripts, or other objects of national historical interest as full or part payment of inheritance tax (previously capital transfer tax and estate duty); frequently attributive.The practice of accepting culturally important items in lieu of inheritance tax was established in 1910. ΚΠ 1979    National Heritage Fund 4 in  Parl. Papers 1978–9 (Cmnd. 7428) VII. 1073  				The acceptance in lieu procedure incorporates tax benefits for owners and a ‘douceur’ arrangement to encourage them to dispose of their property to public institutions. 1990    Antique Collector Oct. 63/2  				‘Acceptance in lieu’, whereby heirs give a picture to a museum to pay off capital transfer tax, has also been kind to the National Gallery. 2002    Ashmolean Ann. Rep. 4  				Among a rich haul of new acquisitions are Anthony van Dyck's oil sketch of the Procession of the Garter Knights, allocated to the Ashmolean under the Acceptance-in-Lieu scheme. < as lemmas  | 
	
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