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ex·cise 1
(ĕk′sīz′)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.
[Middle Dutch excijs, alteration (influenced by Latin excīsus, past participle of excīdere, to cut out) of accijs, tax, probably from Old French acceis, partly from Vulgar Latin *accēnsum (Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cēnsus, tax; see census) and partly from Old French assise, legislative ordinance; see assize.]
ex·cise 2
(ĭk-sīz′)tr.v. ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To remove by or as if by cutting: excised the tumor; excised two scenes from the film.
ex·ci′sion (-sĭzh′ən) n.
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excise
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called: excise tax a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now part of HMRC
[C15: probably from Middle Dutch excijs, probably from Old French assise a sitting, assessment, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, assist in judging, from sedēre to sit]
excise
(ɪkˈsaɪz)vb (tr)
1. to delete (a passage, sentence, etc); expunge
2. (Surgery) to remove (an organ, structure, or part) surgically
[C16: from Latin excīdere to cut down; see excide]
excision n
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ex•cise1
(ˈɛk saɪz, -saɪs; v. also ɪkˈsaɪz)n., v. -cised, -cis•ing. 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 fee imposed for a license to pursue certain sports, occupations, etc.
v.t. 3. to impose an excise on.
[1485–95; appar. < Middle Dutch excijs, variant of accijs < Medieval Latin accīsa tax, literally, a cut, n. use of feminine past participle of Latin accīdere to cut into =ac- ac- + -cīdere, comb. form of caedere to cut]
ex•cise2
(ɪkˈsaɪz)v.t. -cised, -cis•ing.
1. to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
2. to cut out or off, as a tumor.
[1570–80; < Latin excīsus, past participle of excīdere=ex- ex-1 + -cīdere, comb. form of caedere to cut]
ex•cis′a•ble, adj.
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excise
- As in tax, it is from Middle Dutch excijs, from Latin accensum, "to tax."See also related terms for tax.
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excise
Past participle: excised
Gerund: excising
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Noun | 1. | excise - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations nuisance tax, sales tax - a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer ad valorem tax, value-added tax, VAT - a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production gasoline tax - a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold |
Verb | 1. | excise - remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" |
2. | excise - levy an excise tax on tax - levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state" | |
3. | excise - remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor" cut out - delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article" |
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excise
1noun tax, duty, customs, toll, levy, tariff, surcharge, impost Smokers will be hit by increases in tax and excise.
excise
2verb
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Translations
ضَريبَة أو رَسْم الإنتاج، مَكْسيَقْطَع، يَبْتُر
(vy)preparovatvyříznout
fjerneforbrugsafgiftslette
framleiîslugjald, vörugjaldskera burt, nema brott
akcīzeizgriezt
kesip çıkarmaktüketim vergisi
excise
1 [ˈeksaɪz] N (also excise duty) → impuestos mpl indirectos (Brit) (= department) the Customs and Excise → la Aduanaexcise
2 [ekˈsaɪz] VT1. (Med) (= remove) → extirpar
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excise
:excise duties
pl → Verbrauchssteuern pl
excise licence
n (Brit) → Schankkonzession f
exciseman
n → Steuereinnehmer m
excisewoman
n → Steuereinnehmerin f
excise
1n
→ Verbrauchssteuer f (→ on auf +acc, → für); excise on beer/tobacco → Bier-/Tabaksteuer f
(Brit: = department) Verwaltungsabteilung für indirekte Steuern
excise
2vt (Med) → herausschneiden, entfernen (also fig)
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excise1
(ˈeksaiz) noun the tax on goods etc made and sold within a country.
excise2
(ikˈsaiz) verb to cut out or off.
excision (ikˈsiʒən) nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ex·cise
vt. extirpar, cortar, dividir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
excise
vt extirpar, sacar (fam), quitar completamente con cirugíaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.