excise, excise tax
(noun) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
excise
(verb) remove by cutting; “The surgeon excised the tumor”
strike, scratch, expunge, excise
(verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; “Please strike this remark from the record”; “scratch that remark”
excise
(verb) levy an excise tax on
Source: WordNet® 3.1
excise (countable and uncountable, plural excises)
A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
• excise tax
excise (third-person singular simple present excises, present participle excising, simple past and past participle excised)
To impose an excise tax on something.
excise (third-person singular simple present excises, present participle excising, simple past and past participle excised)
To cut out; to remove.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cise", n. Etym: [Apparently fr. L. excisum cut off, fr. excidere to cut out or off; ex out, off + caedere to cut; or, as the word was formerly written accise, fr. F. accise, LL. accisia, as if fr. L. accidere, accisum, to cut into; ad + caedere to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. assise, LL. assisa, assisia, assize. See Assize, Concise.]
1. 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. The English excise system corresponds to the internal revenue system in the United States. Abbot. An excise . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct charge laid on merchandise, products, or commodities. 11 Allen's (Mass. ) Rpts.
2. That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes. [Eng.]
Ex*cise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excised; p. pr. & vb. n. Excising.]
1. To lay or impose an excise upon.
2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]
Ex*cise", v. t. Etym: [See Excide.]
Definition: To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
