| excise | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. excise, excise tax | a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate). |
| ~ indirect tax | a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations. |
| ~ nuisance tax, sales tax | a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer. |
| ~ ad valorem tax, value-added tax, vat | a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production. |
| ~ gasoline tax | a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold. |
| v. (contact) | 2. excise, expunge, scratch, strike | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" |
| ~ delete, cancel | remove or make invisible.; "Please delete my name from your list" |
| v. (possession) | 3. excise | levy an excise tax on. |
| ~ tax | levy a tax on.; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state" |
| v. (change) | 4. excise | remove by cutting.; "The surgeon excised the tumor" |
| ~ cut out | delete or remove.; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article" |
| slit | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. slit | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ jag | a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing. |
| ~ opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made.; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" |
| ~ slot | a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail).; "he put a quarter in the slot" |
| ~ vent | a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket). |
| n. (body) | 2. cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat | obscene terms for female genitals. |
| ~ female genital organ, female genitalia, female genitals, fanny | external female sex organs.; "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals" |
| n. (shape) | 3. dent, incision, prick, scratch, slit | a depression scratched or carved into a surface. |
| ~ imprint, impression, depression | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
| ~ scotch, score | a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally). |
| n. (object) | 4. slit | a narrow fissure. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| v. (contact) | 5. slice, slit | make a clean cut through.; "slit her throat" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 6. slit | cut a slit into.; "slit the throat of the victim" |
| ~ incise | make an incision into by carving or cutting. |
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