Definition

1. Noun:

   • A tax on goods: An indirect tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of specific goods within a country, such as alcohol, tobacco, or fuel. It is distinct from taxes on property or income.

2. Verb:

   • To remove by cutting out: To cut out or remove something, especially surgically or precisely.
   • To levy an excise tax: To impose a tax on specific goods.
   • To erase or delete: To remove something by striking it out or erasing it.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The government increased the excise on cigarettes to discourage smoking.
  • Revenue from fuel excise helps fund road maintenance.

• Verb (to remove by cutting):

  • The surgeon had to excise the tumor completely.
  • The editor excised several paragraphs from the manuscript.

• Verb (to levy a tax):

  • The state excises luxury items at a higher rate.

• Verb (to erase or delete):

  • Please excise that confidential information from the document.
  • The offensive comment was excised from the online forum.

Advanced Usage

• "Excise duty": A specific term for the tax itself.

  • The excise duty on spirits is reviewed annually.

• "Excise tax": Synonymous with excise duty.

  • Excise taxes are often included in the retail price.

Variants and Related Words

• Excision (n): The act of cutting out or removing.

  • The excision of the lesion was successful.

• Exciseable (adj): Liable to be taxed with an excise.

  • Alcohol is an exciseable commodity.

Synonyms

• Noun (Tax): Levy, duty, tariff, impost.
• Verb (Cut out): Remove, extract, cut out, resect.
• Verb (Erase): Delete, expunge, strike out, obliterate.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its meanings are typically expressed directly.)

Related Idioms

(No common idioms are directly formed with the word "excise".)

Noun

1. a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

Verb

1. remove by cutting
   • The surgeon excised the tumor
2. levy an excise tax on
3. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
   • Please strike this remark from the record
   • scratch that remark