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excise (enc)

Excise

Noun1.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
ad valorem tax, value-added tax, VAT - a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
gasoline tax - a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold
Verb1.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 on
tax - 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"

 

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