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Excise

/ˈɛkˌsaɪz/

A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).

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📖 Definitions of "Excise"

noun

1
A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).

verb

1
To impose an excise tax on something.

🔄 Synonyms of "Excise"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
strikenoun	(transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
expungeverb	(transitive) To erase or strike out.
excise taxnoun	Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Excise"

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Word	Definition
excise taxnoun	Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
strikenoun	(transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
expungeverb	(transitive) To erase or strike out.
taxnoun	Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).
customsnoun	(in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
taxationnoun	The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
excisable	(taxation) Liable or subject to excise.
consumernoun	(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
dutynoun	(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
indirectnoun	Not direct:
deleteverb	(transitive) To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.
delenoun	(printing, usually imperative) To delete.
removeverb	(transitive) To delete.
cargonoun	Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
simanoun	(geology) The lower layer of the earth's outer crust that underlies the sial and is rich in silica, iron, and magnesium.
consumptionnoun	The act of eating, drinking or using.
resectverb	(surgery, transitive) To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
beernoun	(uncountable) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
tariffsnoun	A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
taxesnoun	Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).