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excise

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[ noun ek-sahyz, -sahys; verb ek-sahyz, ik-sahyz ]

noun

  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 license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
  3. British. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.


verb (used with object)

excised, excising.
  1. to impose an excise on.

excise

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[ ik-sahyz ]

verb (used with object)

excised, excising.
  1. to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
  2. to cut out or off, as a tumor.

excise

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noun

  1. Also calledexcise tax a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
  2. a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc
  3. that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now part of HMRC
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

excise

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/ ɪkˈsaɪz; ɪkˈsɪʒən /

verb

  1. to delete (a passage, sentence, etc); expunge
  2. to remove (an organ, structure, or part) surgically
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±ð³æˈ³¦¾±²õ²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
  • excision, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ð³æ·³¦¾±²õ·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of excise1

1485–95; apparently < Middle Dutch excijs, variant of accijs < Medieval Latin ²¹³¦³¦Ä«²õ²¹ tax, literally, a cut, noun use of feminine past participle of Latin ²¹³¦³¦Ä«»å±ð°ù±ð to cut into, equivalent to ac- ac- + ³¦Ä«»å-, variant stem of caedere to cut + -ta feminine past participle suffix, with dt > s

Origin of excise2

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin ±ð³æ³¦Ä«²õ³Ü²õ “cut out, hewn down,†past participle of ±ð³æ³¦Ä«»å±ð°ù±ð “t´Ç excide â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of excise1

C15: probably from Middle Dutch excijs, probably from Old French assise a sitting, assessment, from Latin ²¹²õ²õ¾±»åŧ°ù±ð to sit beside, assist in judging, from ²õ±ð»åŧ°ù±ð to sit

Origin of excise2

C16: from Latin ±ð³æ³¦Ä«»å±ð°ù±ð to cut down; see excide
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Some of the writers of the articles either excised the phrase “minimizing its ideological threat†or seemed to pretend it didn’t exist.

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Unlike Hollywood, which gets millions of state tax credits for local filming shoots, just about the only thing U.S. wineries can bank on are excise tax rebates for imports in proportion to what they export.

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Italian prosecutors had started proceedings against three of Mr Abramovich's captains - including Mr Bridge - for unpaid excise duties on refuelling and tax evasion.

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The "Real Time" host used his "new rule" segment on Friday to push back against the idea that you should excise Republicans from your life in the wake of the election.

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Enrollees who didn’t meet the requirement for three months were summarily excised from Medicaid and couldn’t reenroll until the following year.

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