EXCISE


Meaning of EXCISE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ eksaɪz ]

The noun is pronounced /eksaɪz/. The verb is pronounced /ɪksaɪz/.

( excised)

1.

Excise is a tax that the government of a country puts on particular goods, such as cigarettes and alcoholic drinks, which are produced for sale in its own country.

...this year’s rise in excise duties...

New car buyers and smokers will be hit by increases in taxes and excise.

N-VAR : usu N n

2.

If someone excises something, they remove it deliberately and completely. ( FORMAL )

...a personal crusade to excise racist and sexist references in newspapers.

...the question of permanently excising madness from the world.

VERB : V n , V n from n

• ex‧ci‧sion

(excisions)

The authors demanded excision of foreign words.

N-VAR

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