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excisable

[ek-sahy-zuh-buhl, ik-sahy-]

ex·cis·a·ble

[ek-sahy-zuh-buhl, ik-sahy-]
adjective
subject to excise duty.

Origin:
1680–90; excise1 + -able
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Excisable is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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excisable (ɪkˈsaɪzəbəl)
 
adj
1.  liable to an excise tax
2.  suitable for deletion

excise1
 
n
1.  Also called: excise tax a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
2.  a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc
3.  (Brit) that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now the Board of Customs and Excise
 
[C15: probably from Middle Dutch excijs, probably from Old French assise a sitting, assessment, from Latin assidēre to sit beside, assist in judging, from sedēre to sit]
 
ex'cisable1
 
adj

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