English
Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /��k�saɪz/
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun
- a tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country)
Derived terms
exciseman
excise house
unexcised
Quotations
1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language -- definition of "excise":
:A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
1787, Constitution of the United States of America
:The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States;
Verb
en-verb|excis|ing
- to impose an excise tax on something
Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /�k�saɪz/
Verb
en-verb|excis|ing
- to cut out, to remove
#*1901, Andrew Lang, Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion
#*:In revising the book I ... have excised certain passages which, as the book first appeared, were inconsistent with its main thesis.
#*1846, William Youatt, The Dog
#*:Warts on the eyelids sometimes make their appearance; they may be lifted up with the forceps, and excised with a knife or scissors, and the wound touched with nitrate of silver.
Translations
Greek: εκÏ�ÎμνÏ� (ektemno)
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