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excise

ex·cise

UK/ˈɛkˌsaɪz/ US/əkˈsaɪz/ rare
verb (3) noun (1)

verb

1.

remove by erasing or crossing out

  • “Please strike this remark from the record”
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2.

levy an excise tax on

3.

remove by cutting

  • “The surgeon excised the tumor”

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”), from earlier accijs (“tax”), from Old French acceis (“tax, assessment”) (whence modern French accise), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad + census (“tax, census”).

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