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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.

excise 1
Noun
1. a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
2. Brit that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now the Board of Customs and Excise [Latin assidere to sit beside, assist in judging]

excise 2
Verb
[-cising, -cised]
1. to delete a passage from a book
2. to remove an organ or part surgically [Latin excidere to cut down]
excision 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"

excise 1
excise 2
verb 1. delete, cut, remove, erase, destroy, eradicate, strike out, exterminate, cross out, expunge, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth
verb 2. cut off or out or away, remove, take out, extract
Translations
excise [ˈɛksaɪz] nimpuestos sobre el consumo interior

excise n [ˈɛksaɪz]taxe f
vt [ɛkˈsaɪz]exciser

excise [ˈɛksaɪz] nVerbrauchssteuer f
vtentfernen

excise n [ˈɛksaɪz]imposta, dazio
vt [ɛkˈsaɪz]recidere

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 valmistevero taxe בְּלוֹ आबकारी, उत्पादकर porez, trošarina fogyasztási adó cukai framleiðslugjald, vörugjald dazio 消費税 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


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