How to pronounce “surviving spouse”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (law) A spouse that outlives the person to whom they are married, thereby obtaining legal rights with respect to the property of the deceased spouse.
• (taxation, US) An unmarried taxpayer whose spouse has been deceased for less than two taxable years, and who provides a home for one or more dependents of the deceased.

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Similar Sounds

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