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noun
- 1. a tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licenses granted for certain activities: "excise taxes on cigarettes"
verb
- 1. charge excise on (goods).
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Excise takes part of its meaning from the prefix ex-, "out". A writer may excise long passages of a novel to reduce it to a reasonable length, or a film director may excise a scene that might give offense. A surgeon may excise a large cancerous tumor, or make a tiny excision to examine an organ's tissue.
to remove something, especially by cutting: be excised from During a three-hour operation six tumours were excised from the wall of the patient's stomach. The official censors have excised the controversial sections of the report. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Excise definition: an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.. See examples of EXCISE used in a sentence.
verb. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. synonyms: expunge, scratch, strike. see more. Definitions of excise (/ˈɛksaɪz/) noun. a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) synonyms: excise tax. see more.
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.
Excise is a tax that the government of a country puts on particular goods, such as cigarettes and alcoholic drinks, which are produced for sale in its own country.
EXCISE definition: government taxes that must be paid on some things that are made or sold in a particular country. Learn more.
/ˈeksaɪz/ [uncountable, countable] used especially before another noun. a government tax on some goods made, sold or used within a country. new excise duties on low-alcohol drinks. a sharp increase in vehicle excise duty. an excise officer (= an official whose job is to collect excise) compare customs. Extra Examples.
Definition of excise noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to remove something, especially by cutting: be excised from During a three-hour operation six tumors were excised from the wall of the patient's stomach. The official censors have excised the controversial sections of the report. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Removing and extracting. ablate. abstract.
