excise

Meanings

Plural: excises

Noun

a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).

Verb

remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
levy an excise tax on
remove by cutting
- "The surgeon excised the tumor"
To impose an excise tax on something.
To cut out; to remove.

Origin / 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, expunge, scratch, strike

Scrabble Score: 15

excise is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
excise is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
excise is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

excise is a valid Words With Friends word