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excise

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[ noun ek-sahyz, -sahys; verb ek-sahyz, ik-sahyz ]

noun

  1. an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
  2. a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
  3. British. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.


verb (used with object)

excised, excising.
  1. to impose an excise on.

excise

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[ ik-sahyz ]

verb (used with object)

excised, excising.
  1. to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
  2. to cut out or off, as a tumor.

excise

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noun

  1. Also calledexcise tax a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
  2. a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc
  3. that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now part of HMRC
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

excise

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/ ɪkˈsaɪz; ɪkˈsɪʒən /

verb

  1. to delete (a passage, sentence, etc); expunge
  2. to remove (an organ, structure, or part) surgically
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ, adjective
  • excision, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of excise1

1485–95; apparently < Middle Dutch excijs, variant of accijs < Medieval Latin ī tax, literally, a cut, noun use of feminine past participle of Latin ī to cut into, equivalent to ac- ac- + ī-, variant stem of caedere to cut + -ta feminine past participle suffix, with dt > s

Origin of excise2

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin 泦īܲ “cut out, hewn down,” past participle of 泦ī “t excide
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Word History and Origins

Origin of excise1

C15: probably from Middle Dutch excijs, probably from Old French assise a sitting, assessment, from Latin ŧ to sit beside, assist in judging, from ŧ to sit

Origin of excise2

C16: from Latin 泦ī to cut down; see excide
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Iran doves and anti-Israel provocateurs tendentiously seized the opportunity to attempt to excise a convenient “hawkish” scalp — whether that be Hegseth or national security advisor Michael Waltz.

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"So you've got to almost burst that cyst, excise it, clean it out, deal with it."

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The two candidates were also asked about a possible cut in the fuel excise tax and the rising cost of seeing a general practitioner.

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Some of the writers of the articles either excised the phrase “minimizing its ideological threat” or seemed to pretend it didn’t exist.

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Unlike Hollywood, which gets millions of state tax credits for local filming shoots, just about the only thing U.S. wineries can bank on are excise tax rebates for imports in proportion to what they export.

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