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excise
1[ noun ek-sahyz, -sahys; verb ek-sahyz, ik-sahyz ]
noun
- an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
- a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
- British. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.
verb (used with object)
- to impose an excise on.
excise
2[ ik-sahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
- to cut out or off, as a tumor.
excise
1noun
- Also calledexcise tax a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
- a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc
- that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now part of HMRC
excise
2/ ɪkˈsaɪz; ɪkˈsɪʒən /
verb
- to delete (a passage, sentence, etc); expunge
- to remove (an organ, structure, or part) surgically
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
- excision, noun
Other Word Forms
- ··· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of excise1
Origin of excise2
Example Sentences
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.
"So you've got to almost burst that cyst, excise it, clean it out, deal with it."
The two candidates were also asked about a possible cut in the fuel excise tax and the rising cost of seeing a general practitioner.
Some of the writers of the articles either excised the phrase “minimizing its ideological threat” or seemed to pretend it didn’t exist.
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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