excise
[verb]
Synonyms: cut out, exsect, extirpate, resect

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Related Words: amputate, cut off, elide, remove, strike out, eradicate, root out, delete, expurgate, exscind, slash

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I. ex‧cise¹ /ˈeksaɪz/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Middle Dutch; Origin: excijs, probably from Old French assise 'judgment']
the government tax that is put on the goods that are produced and used inside a country
excise officer (=someone who collects excise)
excise duty/tax (=the money paid as excise)
excise duty on tobacco
⇒ Customs and Excise

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II. ex‧cise² /ɪkˈsaɪz/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of excidere 'to cut out', from caedere 'to cut']
formal to remove or get rid of something, especially by cutting it out:
The tumour was excised.
—excision /ɪkˈsɪʒən/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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excise
noun
VERB + EXCISE impose, levy the excise levied on beer and tobacco
pay | increase, raise | cut, reduce
EXCISE + NOUN duty, revenue, tax | licence applications for vehicle excise licences
officer
PREP. ~ on to increase the excise on whisky

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