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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" |
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