excise
1 Americannoun
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an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
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a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
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British. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.
verb (used with object)
verb (used with object)
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to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
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to cut out or off, as a tumor.
noun
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Also called: excise tax. a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
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a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc
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that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now part of HMRC
verb
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to delete (a passage, sentence, etc); expunge
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to remove (an organ, structure, or part) surgically
Other Word Forms
- excisable adjective
- excision noun
Etymology
Origin of excise1
1485–95; apparently < Middle Dutch excijs, variant of accijs < Medieval Latin accīsa tax, literally, a cut, noun use of feminine past participle of Latin accīdere to cut into, equivalent to ac- ac- + cīd-, variant stem of caedere to cut + -ta feminine past participle suffix, with dt > s
Origin of excise2
First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin excīsus “cut out, hewn down,” past participle of excīdere “to excide ”
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
No country has fully tested what the Becker-Murphy-Grossman model actually prescribes—legalization with an excise tax.
To confirm the source of the high frequency sound, researchers conducted excised larynx experiments.
From Science Daily
As for why some material was excised, the reasons vary.
From Salon
This will be a tale of crime and punishment told in flashback, rewinding to Becket’s mother, an heiress excised from an eleven-figure fortune for giving birth as an unwed teenager.
From Los Angeles Times
There was no change in the price of tobacco products in the last quarter as changes to excise duty are due early this year.
From BBC
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