excise

Speech parts

1. excise - Noun

2. excise - Verb

Meaning

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.

That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.

To lay or impose an excise upon.

To impose upon; to overcharge.

To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

excise tax strike scratch expunge lop levy rate cut prune charge tax remove duty cutting eliminate
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Antonyms

provide tend apply add associate assemble
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Hypernyms

tax cancel delete cut-out indirect tax

Hyponyms

vat sales tax ad valorem tax nuisance tax value-added tax gasoline tax

Phrases with the word

excise stamp excise duties excise taxes excise duty rate excise duty rates excise duty reduction

Derivatives

excised excising

Examples

The surgeon excised the tumor Source: Internet

Please strike this remark from the record Source: Internet

scratch that remark Source: Internet

According to Helme, lowering the excise duty will have a positive impact on prices, employment and labor taxes. Source: Internet

After the excise tax, the backwoodsmen complained the tax fell on them rather than on the consumers. Source: Internet

An even narrower inflation measure watched by many market economists also excluding alcohol and tobacco prices which can move due to excise tax changes, decelerated even more to 1.1% from 1.3% in December in year-on-year terms. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

excisable products excisanin excisase excise duties excise duty excise duty rate