excise

(ĕk'sīz')
n.

1. 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.
2. A licensing charge or a fee levied for certain privileges.

tr.v., -cised, -cis·ing, -cis·es.
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.

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is spelt -ise, not -ize. As a noun and verb in the 'tax' meaning, it is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable; as a verb meaning 'to remove by cutting' it is pronounced with stress on the second syllable.

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v

Definition: remove, delete
Antonyms: add, put in

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A tax imposed on the performance of an act, the engaging in an occupation, or the enjoyment of a privilege. A tax on the manufacture, sale, or use of goods or on the carrying on of an occupation or activity, or a tax on the transfer of property. In current usage the term has been extended to include various license fees and practically every internal revenue tax except the income tax (e.g., federal alcohol and tobacco excise taxes).

to cut out or remove, as of a tumour, organ, or part of a linear polymer.

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To remove by cutting.

For a list of words related to excision, see:

• Procedures - excision: surgical removal of tissue or organ from body

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - forbrugsskat
v. tr. - belægge med forbrugsafgift, kræve forbrugsafgift af

2.
v. tr. - fjerne, slette, bortoperere

Nederlands (Dutch)
accijns, accijnskantoor, accijns heffen, wegsnijden, teveel rekenen, inkepen

Français (French)
1.
n. - (GB) l'administration des impôts indirects, taxe sur
v. tr. - imposer des droits d'accise sur

2.
v. tr. - (Méd) exciser

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Verbrauchssteuer
v. - (jdn) besteuern

2.
v. - operativ entfernen, streichen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικον.) έμμεση φορολογία
v. - φορολογώ (έμμεσα), αποκόπτω

Italiano (Italian)
imposta di consumo, tassare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - imposto (m)
v. - tributar

Русский (Russian)
акцизный сбор, вырезать, исключать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - impuesto sobre el consumo, impuestos indirectos
v. tr. - gravar con este impuesto

2.
v. tr. - cortar, separar cortando, borrar, quitar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - accis
v. - skära bort, stryka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 货物税, 执照税, 国内消费税, 向...征收消费税

2. 切除

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 切除

2.
n. - 貨物稅, 執照稅, 國內消費稅
v. tr. - 向...徵收消費稅

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 국내 물품세
v. tr. - 물품세를 과하다

2.
v. tr. - 베어내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 消費税, 物品税, 免許税, 消費税局
v. - 消費税を課する, 削り取る, えぐる, 切り取る, 切除する

idioms:

• Customs and Excise    関税及び物品税

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ضريبه (فعل) يستأصل, يفرض ضريبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בלו (מס)‬
v. tr. - ‮הטיל בלו על (סחורות), אילץ לשלם מס‬
v. tr. - ‮סילק, חתך, קיצץ, כרת (איבר) בניתוח‬

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