Definition of excise Excise

/ɛksajˈs/ - [eksays] - ex•cise

We found 17 definitions of excise from 6 different sources.

What does excise mean?

Noun Plural: excises
excise - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
		excise tax
		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
Verb excises, excising, excised
excise - remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"
		cut out cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"
excise - levy an excise tax on
		tax make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court"
excise - remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
		strike, scratch, expunge
		delete, cancel remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

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excise (Noun)
A tax charged on goods produced within the country as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country.
excise (Verb)
To impose an excise tax on something.
excise (Verb)
To cut out; to remove.
excise (Verb)
To perform certain types of female circumcision .

excise (n.)
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.
excise (n.)
That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
excise (v. t.)
To lay or impose an excise upon.
excise (v. t.)
To impose upon; to overcharge.
excise (v. t.)
To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.

excise
ek-sīz′, n. a tax on certain home commodities and on licenses for certain trades; the department in the civil administration which is concerned with this tax.—v.t. to subject to excise duty.—adj. Excis′able, liable to excise duty.—n. Excise′man, an officer charged with collecting the excise. [Old Dut. excijs—O. Fr. acceis, tax—Low L. accensāre, to tax—ad, to, census, tax.]
excise
ek-sīz′, v.t. to cut off or out.—n. Exci′sion, a cutting out or off of any kind: extirpation. [L. excidĕre, to cut out—ex, out, cædĕre, to cut.]

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