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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.
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.
1. /ɛkˈsaɪz/ remove by cutting. 2. /ˈɛksaɪz/ a fee measured by the amount of business done. IPA guide. Other forms: excised; excises; excising. An excise tax is a special tax levied on specific products sold within a country. To excise something can also mean to get rid of it. Say, wouldn't it be nice if they would excise the excise taxes?
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: An internal tax imposed on the production, sale, or consumption of a commodity or the use of a service within a country.
noun. /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.
EXCISE definition: government taxes that must be paid on some things that are made or sold in a particular country. Learn more.
Definitions of 'excise'. 1. 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. [...] 2. If someone excises something, they remove it deliberately and completely. [formal] [...]
