excise

  • 21excise — 1. noun /ˈɛkˌsaɪz/ A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country). A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but… …

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  • 22excise — excise1 n. /ek suyz, suys/; v. /ek suyz, ik suyz /, n., v., excised, excising. n. 1. an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country. 2. a tax levied for a …

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  • 23excise — (è ksi z ) s. f. Impôt établi sur la bière, le cidre, etc. en Angleterre.    Le bureau où l on perçoit l excise. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Angl. excise, le même, sauf le préfixe, que accise (voy. accise) …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 24excise — I UK [ˈeksaɪz] / US [ˈekˌsaɪz] noun [uncountable] economics a tax that a government charges on services used and goods sold inside its country II UK [ɪkˈsaɪz] / US [ɪkˈsaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms excise : present tense I/you/we/they excise …

    English dictionary

  • 25excise — I. noun /ˈɛksaɪz / (say eksuyz), /ˈɛksaɪs / (say eksuys) 1. a tax or duty on certain commodities, as spirits, tobacco, etc., levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within a country. 2. a tax levied for a licence to carry on certain… …

  • 26excise — I. noun Etymology: obsolete Dutch excijs (now accijns), from Middle Dutch, probably modification of Old French assise session, assessment more at assize Date: 15th century 1. an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a… …

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  • 27excise — To cut out. SEE ALSO: resect. * * * ex·cise ik sīz vt, ex·cised; ex·cis·ing to remove by excision: RESECT <excise a tumor> * * * vb. to cut out tissue, an organ, or a tumour from the body. • excision n. * * * ex·cise (ek sīzґ) to cut… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 28excise — Synonyms and related words: VAT, abscind, ad valorem duty, alcohol tax, amputate, amusement tax, annihilate, assessment on default, avulse, ax, ban, bar, bisect, bob, butcher, capital gains tax, capitation, capitation tax, carve, chop, cleave,… …

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  • 29excise — ex|cise1 [ ek,saız ] noun uncount TECHNICAL a tax that a government charges on services used and goods sold inside its country excise ex|cise 2 [ ık saız ] verb transitive 1. ) MEDICAL to remove something harmful that is growing inside a person s …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30excise — ex·cise || ek saɪz n. tax levied on the manufacture or sale of a product within a country v. cut out, cut off; remove; impose an excise tax …

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