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ex·cise
I. \ˈekˌsīz also -īs sometimes ekˈs- or ikˈs-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: obsolete Dutch accijs, excijs (now accijus), from Middle Dutch excijs, probably modification of Old French assise session, settlement, assessment, tax — more at assize
1. or excise tax
a. obsolete : duty, toll, tax
b. : an internal tax, duty, or impost levied upon the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity within a country and usually forming an indirect tax that falls on the ultimate consumer
c. : any of various duties or fees levied on producers of excisable commodities
d. : any of various taxes upon privileges (as of engaging in a particular trade or sport, transferring property, or engaging in business in a corporate capacity) that are often assessed in the form of a license or other fee
2. : a former department or bureau of the British public service charged with collection of the excise taxes and now merged in the Bureau of Customs and Excise
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to lay or impose an excise upon
2. now dialect Britain : to impose upon : overcharge
III. \(ˈ)ek|sīz, ikˈs-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin excisus, past participle of excidere, from ex- ex- (I) + -cidere (from caedere to cut) — more at concise
1. : to cut out
< excise a tumor >
: remove by or as if by cutting out : resect, extirpate — compare amputate
2. : to make an excision in : hollow out — used chiefly as a participial adjective
< antenna bases excised > |