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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•cise1 /ˈɛksaɪz/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Businessan internal tax on certain products or goods placed on their manufacture, sale, or use within the country.
See -cise-.ex•cise2 /ɪkˈsaɪz/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cised, -cis•ing. - Surgeryto remove by or as if by cutting out or off:The surgeons excised the tumor.
See -cise-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•cise1 (n. ek′sīz, -sīs;v. ek′sīz, ik sīz′),USA pronunciation n., v., -cised, -cising. n. - Businessan internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
- Businessa tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
- Business, Government[Brit.]the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.
v.t. - Businessto impose an excise on.
- Medieval Latin accīsa tax, literally, a cut, noun, nominal use of feminine past participle of Latin accīdere to cut into, equivalent. to ac- ac- + cīd-, variant stem of caedere to cut + -ta feminine past participle suffix, with dt s
- Middle Dutch excijs, variant of accijs
- apparently 1485–95
ex•cise2 (ik sīz′),USA pronunciation v.t., -cised, -cis•ing. - to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
- Surgeryto cut out or off, as a tumor.
- Latin excīsus cut out, hewn down, past participle of excīdere to excide
- 1570–80
ex•cis′a•ble, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: excise n /ˈɛksaɪz; ɛkˈsaɪz/- Also called: excise tax a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
- a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc
- Brit that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now the Board of Customs and Excise
Etymology: 15th Century: probably from Middle Dutch excijs, probably from Old French assise a sitting, assessment, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, assist in judging, from sedēre to sitexˈcisable adj excise /ɪkˈsaɪz/ vb (transitive)- to delete (a passage, sentence, etc); expunge
- to remove (an organ, structure, or part) surgically
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin excīdere to cut down; see excideexcision /ɪkˈsɪʒən/ n |