Excise
noun
A tax on certain things that are made, sold, or used within a country.
The excise on alcohol is quite high.
Often appears as...
- excise tax
- excise duties
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Technical
verb
To remove something by cutting it out, especially to perform a medical operation.
The surgeon excised the tumor.
Often appears as...
- excise a cancer
- excise a tumor
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Technical
verb
To officially remove or eliminate something, especially from a written work or record.
Some parts have been excised from the final version of the book.
Often appears as...
- excise a passage
- excise a line
noun
A tax on certain things that are made, sold, or used within a country.
The excise on alcohol is quite high.
Often appears as...
- excise tax
- excise duties
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To remove something by cutting it out, especially to perform a medical operation.
The surgeon excised the tumor.
Often appears as...
- excise a cancer
- excise a tumor
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To officially remove or eliminate something, especially from a written work or record.
Some parts have been excised from the final version of the book.
Often appears as...
- excise a passage
- excise a line
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Goods and Services
'Excise' is often tied to specific products like alcohol or tobacco, not all purchases.
The government increased the excise on tobacco products.
Pro Tip 2/3Internal Tax
'Excise' is a tax within a country rather than on goods coming in from abroad.
Small businesses sometimes struggle with excise calculations.
Pro Tip 3/3Government Revenue
'Excise' helps governments to raise revenue, often to fund specific programs.
Fuel excise is often used for road maintenance.
Pro Tip 1/3Goods and Services
'Excise' is often tied to specific products like alcohol or tobacco, not all purchases.
The government increased the excise on tobacco products.
Pro Tip 2/3Internal Tax
'Excise' is a tax within a country rather than on goods coming in from abroad.
Small businesses sometimes struggle with excise calculations.
Pro Tip 3/3Government Revenue
'Excise' helps governments to raise revenue, often to fund specific programs.
Fuel excise is often used for road maintenance.
Pro Tip 1/3Goods and Services
'Excise' is often tied to specific products like alcohol or tobacco, not all purchases.
The government increased the excise on tobacco products.
Pro Tip 2/3Internal Tax
'Excise' is a tax within a country rather than on goods coming in from abroad.
Small businesses sometimes struggle with excise calculations.
Pro Tip 3/3Government Revenue
'Excise' helps governments to raise revenue, often to fund specific programs.
Fuel excise is often used for road maintenance.
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Wombats Poo Cubes! PIPE...
meter intestines would measure if they were taken out of the wombat. It just keeps going and going Look at that and now you may want to look away because it's a little bit of a gruesome picture but we do have a photograph of some excised wombat intestines here these have been removed from an
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Quyen Nguyen:...
which means that we're still learning about where they are. Crazy to think that we're having surgery, we're trying to excise cancer, we don't know where the cancer is. We're trying to preserve nerves; we can't see where they are. So I said, wouldn't it be great
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The Surprising Way...
and it really connects you to nature in a way that being a passive nature enthusiasts doesn't you really are part of the web of life in the chain of life most of the wildlife agencies in our state get their funds from excise taxes
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Wombats Poo Cubes! PIPE...
meter intestines would measure if they were taken out of the wombat. It just keeps going and going Look at that and now you may want to look away because it's a little bit of a gruesome picture but we do have a photograph of some excised wombat intestines here these have been removed from an
Video examples
Quyen Nguyen:...
which means that we're still learning about where they are. Crazy to think that we're having surgery, we're trying to excise cancer, we don't know where the cancer is. We're trying to preserve nerves; we can't see where they are. So I said, wouldn't it be great
Video examples
The Surprising Way...
and it really connects you to nature in a way that being a passive nature enthusiasts doesn't you really are part of the web of life in the chain of life most of the wildlife agencies in our state get their funds from excise taxes
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Quote examples
Alan Keyes
American Politician
The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.
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G. Edward Griffin
American Author
The Constitution acknowledges two kinds of taxes: direct and indirect... Examples of direct taxes are income and property taxes... Examples of indirect taxes are import and excise taxes.
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David Hackworth
American Soldier
Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.
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Sucheta Dalal
The sales tax, excise and property registration departments are all more eager to collect cash in their drawers than to collect for the government's coffers.
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Amarinder Singh
Indian Politician
The reason I vouched for reopening liquor vends despite the pandemic was that there was no other source of revenue than excise duty.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.
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Nigel Farage
British Politician
Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.
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Kari Skogland
That's what storytelling is. It's excising the demons and taking a look at the hard subjects.
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Mike Fitzpatrick
American Politician
Back then, the excise tax was designed to be a luxury tax for people who owned telephones.
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Jamie Dimon
American Businessman
The term 'too big to fail' must be excised from our vocabulary.
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Alan Keyes
American Politician
The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax was imposed on us just 80 years ago, government had no claim to our income. Only sales, excise, and tariff taxes were allowed.
Quote examples
G. Edward Griffin
American Author
The Constitution acknowledges two kinds of taxes: direct and indirect... Examples of direct taxes are income and property taxes... Examples of indirect taxes are import and excise taxes.
Quote examples
David Hackworth
American Soldier
Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.
Quote examples
Sucheta Dalal
The sales tax, excise and property registration departments are all more eager to collect cash in their drawers than to collect for the government's coffers.
Quote examples
Amarinder Singh
Indian Politician
The reason I vouched for reopening liquor vends despite the pandemic was that there was no other source of revenue than excise duty.
Quote examples
Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
A writer can't subtract or excise any of his/her past because doing so would erase the work produced during that time.
Quote examples
Nigel Farage
British Politician
Minimum sales prices for alcohol are a startlingly bad idea. As with excise duties, the effects are regressive.
Quote examples
Kari Skogland
That's what storytelling is. It's excising the demons and taking a look at the hard subjects.
Quote examples
Mike Fitzpatrick
American Politician
Back then, the excise tax was designed to be a luxury tax for people who owned telephones.
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Jamie Dimon
American Businessman
The term 'too big to fail' must be excised from our vocabulary.
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