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excise
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ex·cise 1  (ksz)
n.
1. An internal tax imposed on the production, sale, or consumption of a commodity or the use of a service within a country: excises on tobacco, liquor, and long-distance telephone calls.
2. A licensing charge or a fee levied for certain privileges.
tr.v. ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To levy an excise on.

[Middle Dutch excijs, alteration (influenced by Latin excsus, past participle of excdere, to cut out) of accijs, tax, probably from Old French acceis, partly from Vulgar Latin *accnsum (Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cnsus, tax; see census) and partly from Old French assise, legislative ordinance; see assize.]

ex·cise 2  (k-sz)
tr.v. ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To remove by or as if by cutting: excised the tumor; excised two scenes from the film.

[Latin excdere, excs- : ex-, ex- + caedere, to cut; see ka-id- in Indo-European roots.]

ex·cision (-szhn) n.

excise1
n [ˈɛksaɪz ɛkˈsaɪz]
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called excise tax a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc.
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now the Board of Customs and Excise
[probably from Middle Dutch excijs, probably from Old French assise a sitting, assessment, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, assist in judging, from sedēre to sit]
excisable  adj

excise2
vb (tr)
1. to delete (a passage, sentence, etc.); expunge
2. (Medicine / Surgery) to remove (an organ, structure, or part) surgically
[from Latin excīdere to cut down; see excide]
excision  [ɪkˈsɪʒən] n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.exciseexcise - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations
nuisance tax, sales tax - a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer
ad valorem tax, value-added tax, VAT - a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
gasoline tax - a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold
Verb1.exciseexcise - remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
delete, cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
2.excise - levy an excise tax on
tax - levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"
3.excise - remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"
cut out - delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article"

excise1
noun tax, duty, customs, toll, levy, tariff, surcharge, impost Smokers will be hit by increases in tax and excise.

excise2
verb
1. delete, cut, remove, erase, destroy, eradicate, strike out, exterminate, cross out, expunge, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth a crusade to excise racist and sexist references in newspapers
2. cut off or out or away, remove, take out, extract She has already had one skin cancer excised.
Translations
excise1 [ˈeksaɪz] N (also excise duty) → impuestos mpl indirectos (Brit) (= department) the Customs and Excisela Aduana
excise2 [ekˈsaɪz] VT
1. (Med) (= remove) → extirpar
2. (= delete) → suprimir, eliminar

excise [ɛkˈsaɪz]
n (= tax) → taxe f
[ɪkˈsaɪz] vt (= cut out) → exciser
excise duties npl (British)impôts mpl indirects

excise:
excise duties
plVerbrauchssteuern pl
excise licence
n (Brit) → Schankkonzession f
exciseman
nSteuereinnehmer m
excisewoman
nSteuereinnehmerin f

excise1
n
Verbrauchssteuer f (→ on auf +acc, → für); excise on beer/tobaccoBier-/Tabaksteuer f
(Brit: = department) Verwaltungsabteilung für indirekte Steuern

excise2
vt (Med) → herausschneiden, entfernen (also fig)

excise [ɐn ˈɛksaɪz; ɐvb ɪkˈsaɪz]
1. n (also excise tax) → dazio
2. vt (frm) → asportare

excise [ɐn ˈɛksaɪz; ɐvb ɪkˈsaɪz]
1. n (also excise tax) → dazio
2. vt (frm) → asportare

excise1
n excise [ˈeksaiz]
the tax on goods etc made and sold within a country. aksyns ضَريبَة أو رَسْم الإنتاج، مَكْس акциз daň forbrugsafgift die Warensteuer φόρος κατανάλωσης impuesto sobre el consumo aktsiis(imaks) مالیات tavaravero taxe בְּלוֹ आबकारी, उत्पादकर porez, trošarina fogyasztási adó cukai framleiðslugjald, vörugjald dazio 消費税 (국내) 소비세, 물품세 akcizas akcīze cukai accijns forbrukeravgift podatek imposto de consumo accize акциз daň davek akciza accis ภาษีสำหรับสินค้าในประเทศ tüketim vergisi (國產)貨物稅 акциз ملکی پیداوار یا اجناس پر لگنے والا محصول آب کاری thuế đánh vào một số mặt hàng nội địa

excise2
v excise [ikˈsaiz]
to cut out or off. uitsny يَقْطَع، يَبْتُر изрязвам vyříznout fjerne; slette herausschneiden αποτέμνω extirpar ära lõikama بریدن و درآوردن؛ حذف کردن poistaa retrancher לְקָצֵץ पूर्ण रूप से निकालना oporezovati kivág memotong skera burt, nema brott tagliare 削除する 잘라내다 išpjauti, daryti kupiūras izgriezt memotong uitsnijden skjære ut, fjerne wycinać amputar a ex­tirpa вырезать vyrezať izrezati odstraniti skära ut (bort) ตัดออก kesip çıkarmak 切除 вирізувати نکال دینا، قطع کر دینا cắt bỏ
n excision [ikˈsiʒən]
uitsnyding قَطْع، بَتْر، إسْتِئْصال изрязване vyříznutí fjernelse; sletning die Ausschneidung εκτομή extirpación eemaldamine بریدن و درآوردن؛ حذف poisto suppression קִיצוּץ उच्छेदन, कर्तन izrezak, izrezivanje kivágás pemotongan fjarlæging taglio 削除 절개 išpjovimas, kupiūra izgriešana pemotongan uitsnijding bortskjæring, fjerning wycięcie amputação excizie вырезание vyrezanie izrezovanje odstranjivanje bortskärning, utskärning การตัดทอน kesip çıkarma 切除 вирізування; відрізування انقطاع sự cắt bỏ


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