excise
Meaning of excise
- a tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licences granted for certain activities.
the rate of excise duty on spirits
verb
charge excise on (goods).
late 15th century (in the general sense ‘a tax or toll’): from Middle Dutch excijs, accijs, perhaps based on Latin accensare ‘to tax’, from ad- ‘to’ + census ‘tax’ (see census).
verb- cut out surgically.
the precision with which surgeons can excise brain tumours
late 16th century (in the sense ‘notch or hollow out’): from Latin excis- ‘cut out’, from the verb excidere, from ex- ‘out of’ + caedere ‘to cut’.
Information about excise
- The plural form of excise is: excises.
- Languages in which excise is used:
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Hyphenation of excise
ex-cise
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- excise is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
excise synonyms
Meaning strike:
Meaning a payment levied on the transfer of property, for licences, and for the legal recognition of documents:
Meaning a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions:
Meaning an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine:
Meaning a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports:
Meaning a charge payable to use a bridge or road:
Meaning one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church and clergy:
Meaning the official department that administers and collects the duties levied by a government on imported goods:
Meaning a fine or compulsory payment:
Meaning remove or take out, especially by effort or force:
Meaning take (something) away or off from the position occupied:
Meaning destroy completely; put an end to:
Meaning eradicate or destroy completely:
Meaning cut out (tissue or part of an organ):
excise antonyms
Meaning take the place of:
Meaning place, fit, or push (something) into something else:
Translation of excise
Words that rhyme with excise
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