| Noun | 1. | excise - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations nuisance tax, sales tax - a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer | |
| Verb | 1. | excise - remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this remark from the record"delete, cancel - remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list" | |
| 2. | excise - levy an excise tax ontax - levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state" | |
| 3. | excise - remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"cut out - delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article" | |