excise

A tax on certain goods made within a country, such as alcohol or tobacco.

• Excise is charged on these goods.
• The new excise duty will increase beer prices.
• Manufacturers must pay excise before selling their products.

How to use it: excise on something (The government raised excise on tobacco.)

Similar words: excise duty, excise tax

Common phrases: excise duty, excise tax, pay excise

To cut something out of a body, text, or other whole.

• The surgeon excised the lump.
• Please excise the final sentence from this report.
• Several scenes were excised before the film was released.

How to use it: excise something from something (The editor excised a paragraph from my article.)

Similar words: remove, cut out, delete

Common phrases: excise a tumor, excise a passage, excise damaged tissue

To charge a tax on particular goods made within a country.

• The state can excise tobacco.
• Officials proposed excising locally produced spirits.
• These goods were excised before they reached the shops.

Similar words: tax

Common phrases: excise goods, excise tobacco, excise alcohol