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
The work of reducing the list of excisable articles was nevertheless begun, and from this time it went slowly, and, except as interrupted by extraordinary demands upon the state, steadily forward.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 by Various
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
DRAWBACK, in commerce, the paying back of a duty previously paid upon the exportation of excisable articles or upon the re-exportation of foreign goods.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
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