excise

CEFRC1

/ˈɛkˌsaɪz/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To remove something by cutting it out.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To cut out; to remove.

Examples

  • The government decided to levy a new excise tax on tobacco.

  • The government will excise taxes on imported goods.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To impose an excise tax on something.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).

More examples

In context

  • The new policy will excise unnecessary regulations.

  • Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.

  • 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, "excise", A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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”).