excise

nountax on goods
verbremove, delete

Synonyms for excise

noun tax on goods

Word Origin & History

"tax on goods," late 15c., from Middle Dutch excijs (early 15c.), apparently altered from accijs "tax" (by influence of Latin excisus "cut out or removed," see excise (v.)), traditionally from Old French acceis "tax, assessment" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + census "tax, census" (see census). English got the word, and the idea for the tax, from Holland.

Example Sentences for excise

As it is, I look to the Excise scheme as a certainty of maintenance; a maintenance!

You have been misinformed as to my final dismissal from the Excise; I am still in the service.

Our friend, Cunningham, will perhaps have told you of my going into the Excise.

Sich laughs, to be sure, we had about her and a young man of the Excise.

This brings us finally to the vexed problem of Customs and Excise.

I am one of those who think that the excise duties ought to be taken off.

My uncle explained to me all about the excise duties on tobacco.

Possibly, monsieur; for at St. Germain-en-Laye they have no excise to pay.

On that day there was no excise of the commodities of character.

A license to sell goods that have paid the duties or excise.

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