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ex⋅cise

1[n. ek-sahyz, -sahys; v. ek-sahyz, ik-sahyz] noun, verb, -cised, -cising.
–noun
1. an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
2. a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
3. British. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.
–verb (used with object)
4. to impose an excise on.

Origin:
1485–95; appar. < MD excijs, var. of accijs < ML accīsa tax, lit., a cut, n. use of fem. ptp. of L accīdere to cut into, equiv. to ac- ac- + cīd-, var. s. of caedere to cut + -ta fem. ptp. suffix, with dt > s

ex⋅cise

2[ik-sahyz]
–verb (used with object), -cised, -cis⋅ing.
1. to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
2. to cut out or off, as a tumor.

Origin:
1570–80; < L excīsus cut out, hewn down, ptp. of excīdere to excide


ex⋅cis⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ex·cise 1   (ěk'sīz')   
n.  
  1. An internal tax imposed on the production, sale, or consumption of a commodity or the use of a service within a country: excises on tobacco, liquor, and long-distance telephone calls.
  2. A licensing charge or a fee levied for certain privileges.
tr.v.   ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To levy an excise on.

[Middle Dutch excijs, alteration (influenced by Latin excīsus, past participle of excīdere, to cut out) of accijs, tax, probably from Old French acceis, partly from Vulgar Latin *accēnsum (Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cēnsus, tax; see census) and partly from Old French assise, legislative ordinance; see assize.]
ex·cise 2   (ĭk-sīz')   
tr.v.   ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To remove by or as if by cutting: excised the tumor; excised two scenes from the film.

[Latin excīdere, excīs- : ex-, ex- + caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·ci'sion (-sĭzh'ən) n.

Excise

Ex*cise"\, n. [Apparently fr. L. excisum cut off, fr. excidere to cut out or off; ex out, off + caedere to cut; or, as the word was formerly written accise, fr. F. accise, LL. accisia, as if fr. L. accidere, accisum, to cut into; ad + caedere to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. assise, LL. assisa, assisia, assize. See Assize, Concise.]

1. In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.

The English excise system corresponds to the internal revenue system in the United States. --Abbot.

An excise . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct charge laid on merchandise, products, or commodities. --11 Allen's (Mass. ) Rpts.

2. That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes. [Eng.]

Excise

Ex*cise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excised; p. pr. & vb. n. Excising.]

1. To lay or impose an excise upon.

2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]

Excise

Ex*cise"\, v. t. [See Excide.] To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.
Language Translation for : excise
Spanish: impuesto sobre el consumo,
German: die Warensteuer,
Japanese: 消費税

excise  (n.)
"tax on goods," 1494, from M.Du. excijs, apparently altered from accijs "tax" (by infl. of L. excisus "cut out or removed," see excise (v.)), traditionally from O.Fr. acceis "tax, assessment," from V.L. *accensum, ult. from L. ad- "to" + census "tax, census." English got the word, and the idea for the tax, from Holland.

excise  (v.)
"cut out," 1490 (implied in excision), from M.Fr. exciser, from L. excisus, pp. of excidere "cut out, removed."

Main Entry: ex·cise
Pronunciation: 'ek-"sIz, -"sIs
Function: noun
1 : a tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity —compare INCOME TAX, PROPERTY TAX
2 : any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or other fee —see also Article I of the CONSTITUTION in the back matter —compare DIRECT TAXexcise transitive verb

Main Entry: ex·cise
Pronunciation: ik-'sIz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·cised; ex·cis·ing
: toremove by excision : RESECT <excise a tumor>

excise ex·cise (ĭk-sīz')
v. ex·cised, ex·cis·ing, ex·cis·es
To remove by cutting.

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