English Explanatory Dictionary

excise

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
verb
  1. To impose an excise tax on something.
verb
  1. To cut out; to remove.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛkˌsaɪz/ en-us-excise-noun.ogg /əkˈsaɪz/ en-us-excise-verb.ogg en-au-excise.ogg

Word forms

excise excises excize excising excised

Etymology

From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”), from earlier accijs (“tax”), from Old French acceis (“tax, assessment”) (whence modern French accise), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad + census (“tax, census”).

Synonyms

excise tax

Related words

excision

Derived words

central excise customs and excise excise duty excise glass excise house exciseman unexcised excisability nonexcised excisable excisor
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