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

remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"

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

remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"

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.

To lay or impose an excise upon.

To impose upon; to overcharge.

To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.

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.

To lay or impose an excise upon.

To impose upon; to overcharge.

To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.

To levy a duty or tax upon; to cut off.

A tax or duty levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of articles or things within the country, such as tobacco or spirituous liquors.

A tax on certain home commodities and on licenses for certain trades: specifically, liquor tax.

To subject to excise duty.

To cut out: to cut off: as, to excise a tumor.

Duty on home commodities.

To lay excise on.

To cut out or off.

To tax.

A tax on articles produced and consumed in a country, and also on licences to deal in certain commodities, enjoy certain privileges, &c.

To impose an excise duty on.

A tax or duty levied on articles produced and consumed in a country, as on spirits, malt, &c.; a tax levied on licences to pursue certain trades, and deal in certain commodities.

Pert. to the duties levied on certain articles produced and consumed at home.

To levy a tax on.

n. [Latin] An inland duty or impost on articles produced and consumed in a country; — a tax on licenses to pursue certain trades, and deal in certain commodities.

A tax levied upon commodities.

To levy excise upon a person or thing.