Definitions of excise [ˈɛk saɪz, -saɪs;]

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Definition of 'excise'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) excise
an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.

2. excise
a fee imposed for a license to pursue certain sports, occupations, etc.

3. (v.t.) excise
to impose an excise on.

4. (v.t.) excise
to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.

5. excise
to cut out or off, as a tumor.

Etymology: (1570–80; < L excīsus, ptp. of excīdere=ex-ex-¹+-cīdere, comb. form of caedere to cut)

Definition of 'excise'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) excise, excise tax
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

2. (verb) strike, scratch, expunge, excise
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
"Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

3. (verb) excise
levy an excise tax on

4. (verb) excise
remove by cutting
"The surgeon excised the tumor"

Definition of 'excise'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) excise
in inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system

2. (noun) excise
that department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes

3. (verb) excise
to lay or impose an excise upon

4. (verb) excise
to impose upon; to overcharge

5. (verb) excise
to cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor

Translation of 'excise'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the tax on goods etc made and sold within a country.
Afrikaans: aksyns	Arabic: ضَريبَة أو رَسْم الإنتاج،	Bulgarian: акциз
Brazilian: imposto sobre mercadorias	Czech: daň	German: die Warensteuer
Danish: forbrugsafgift	Greek: φόρος κατανάλωσης	Spanish: impuesto sobre el consumo
Estonian: aktsiis(imaks)	Farsi: مالیات	Finnish: tavaravero
French: taxe	Hebrew: בְּלוֹ	Hindi: आबकारी, उत्पादकर
Croatian: porez, trošarina	Hungarian: fogyasztási adó	Indonesian: cukai
Icelandic: framleiðslugjald, vörugja	Italian: dazio	Japanese: 消費税
Korean: (국내) 소비세, 물품세	Lithuanian: akcizas	Latvian: akcīze
Malay: cukai	Dutch: accijns	Norwegian: forbrukeravgift
Polish: podatek	Persian: مالیات	Pashto: مالیات
Portuguese: imposto de consumo	Romanian: accize	Russian: акциз
Slovak: daň	Slovenian: davek	Serbian: akciza
Swedish: accis	Thai: ภาษีสำหรับสินค้าในประเทศ	Turkish: tüketim vergisi
Taiwanese: (國產)貨物稅	Ukrainian: акциз	Urdu: ملکی پیداوار یا اجناس پر
Vietnamese: thuế đánh vào một số mặt	Chinese: （国产）货物税
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