- An internal tax imposed on the production, sale, or consumption of a commodity or the use of a service within a country: excises on tobacco, liquor, and long-distance telephone calls.
- A licensing charge or a fee levied for certain privileges.
To levy an excise on.
[Middle Dutch excijs, alteration (influenced by Latin excīsus, past participle of excīdere, to cut out) of accijs, tax, probably from Old French acceis, partly from Vulgar Latin *accēnsum (Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cēnsus, tax; see census) and partly from Old French assise, legislative ordinance; see assize.]
ex·cise2 (ĭk-sīz')
tr.v., -cised, -cis·ing, -cis·es.
To remove by or as if by cutting: excised the tumor; excised two scenes from the film.
[Latin excīdere, excīs- : ex-, ex- + caedere, to cut.]
excision ex·ci'sion (-sĭzh'ən) n.
