The meaning of Excise

noun

A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

Usage examples:

The old english custom of dancing round the maypole

plural noun

The official department that administers and collects the duties levied by a government on imported goods.

Usage examples:

Cocaine seizures by customs have risen this year

plural noun

Money paid to the government when you take particular goods from one country to another

Usage examples:

Customs officials, it took us ages to get through customs when we got back from italy.

phrasal verb

Form and create by cutting out

noun

A piece of card cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with a large photograph of that person on it

Usage examples:

He had his picture taken with a lifesize cardboard cutout of the president., his characters are car…

noun

A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.

Usage examples:

It's my duty to uphold the law

noun

A responsibility to do something because it is legally or morally right to do it

Usage examples:

Every lawyer has a strong sense of duty and responsibility., a duty to do sth they have a duty to e…

verb

Destroy completely; put an end to.

Usage examples:

This disease has been eradicated from the world

verb

To get rid of or destroy something completely

Usage examples:

A new vaccine eradicated polio.

verb

Eradicate or destroy completely.

Usage examples:

Timber wolves were extirpated from new england more than a century ago

verb

Destroy completely, as if down to the roots

verb

To remove or destroy something completely

verb

Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.

Usage examples:

The fossils are extracted from the chalk

noun

A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

Usage examples:

An extract from a historical film

verb

Remove, usually with some force or effort

verb

Impose (a tax, fee, or fine).

Usage examples:

A tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes

noun

An act of levying a tax, fee, or fine.

Usage examples:

Police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates

verb

Extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation.

Usage examples:

They have turned mulcting taxpayers into an art form

noun

A fine or compulsory payment.

Usage examples:

The punishments and penalty for first offense could include a jailhouse term of up to one twelvemon…

verb

To make someone pay money, as a fine (= a punishment) or in tax

Usage examples:

The jury mulcted me for $50.

verb

Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

Usage examples:

Customs officials removed documents from the premises

noun

A degree of remoteness or separation.

Usage examples:

At this remove, the whole incident seems insane

verb

Cut out (tissue or part of an organ).

Usage examples:

Resect the tumour while preserving the bladder function

noun

A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

Usage examples:

The reduction of trade barriers and import tariffs

verb

Fix the price of (something) according to a tariff.

Usage examples:

These services are tariffed by volume

noun

A government charge on goods entering or leaving a country

Usage examples:

Import tariffs

noun

A compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.

Usage examples:

Higher taxes will dampen consumer spending

verb

Impose a tax on (someone or something).

Usage examples:

The income will be taxed at the top rate

noun

(an amount of) money paid to the government, usually a percentage of personal income or of the cost of goods or services bought

Usage examples:

[ c ] income/sales/social security tax, [ c ] a property/gasoline tax, [ u ] the senator proposed a…

noun

One tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the church and clergy.

Usage examples:

They retained only one direct tax, the tithe on agricultural produce (decima).

verb

Pay or give as a tithe.

Usage examples:

He tithes 10 per cent of his income to the church

noun

A tenth part of someone's produce or income that they give or pay as a tax to the church

noun

A charge payable to use a bridge or road.

Usage examples:

Motorway tolls

verb

Charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road).

Usage examples:

The transport minister opposes tolling existing roads

noun

A single ring of a bell.

Usage examples:

She heard the cambridge school bell utter a single toll