What is the meaning of excise?

noun

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

verb

  • Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.
    • usage: "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
  • Levy an excise tax on.
  • Remove by cutting.
    • usage: "The surgeon excised the tumor"
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