Excise - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈeksaɪz|
Brit.
|ˈeksaɪz|
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 (syn: expunge, scratch, strike)
- levy an excise tax on
- remove by cutting
- levy an excise tax on
- remove by cutting
The surgeon excised the tumor
Extra examples
The heart of a salamander may be excised, and yet the animal will live for several hours.
The tumour was excised.
Board of Customs and Excise
The surgeon excised the tumor
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: excise
he/she/it: excises
present participle: excising
past tense: excised
past participle: excised
I/you/we/they: excise
he/she/it: excises
present participle: excising
past tense: excised
past participle: excised
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