excisable
Americanadjective
adjective
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liable to an excise tax
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suitable for deletion
Etymology
Origin of excisable
Example Sentences
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Nevertheless, “Swann in Love” isn’t quite as excisable as it might seem.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022
At the former of those periods the lower classes of the people were able to consume excisable commodities; in the latter they lived for the most part on the immediate produce of the soil.
From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by Hutchinson, John Hely
The trade was entirely destroyed by Mr. Pitt's celebrated commutation law, which, by reducing the duties upon excisable articles, enabled lawful dealer to compete with the smuggler.
From Guy Mannering by Scott, Walter, Sir
Towards the end of the month of October 1829 a young man entered the Palais-Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably to the law which protects a passion by its very nature easily excisable.
From The Magic Skin by Marriage, Ellen
They recommended a run for gold upon the savings banks, an entire abstinence from excisable articles, and universal cessation from work.
From Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Edwards, Eliezer
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