Estate

Categories: Tax, Trusts and Estates

In financial terms, an estate refers to all the debts and assets (including maybe, uh, an estate) that someone leaves behind after they pass away. After a death, there's a big process of settling the estate, i.e., paying off any final debts and distributing any leftover assets to family (or that random dude who was named in the will).

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