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excise

noun

  1. a tax or duty on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of various commodities within a country, as liquor, tobacco, etc.
  2. a fee paid for a license to carry on certain occupations, sports, etc.

transitive verb excised, excising

to put an excise on

transitive verb excised, excising

to remove (a tumor, organ, etc.) by cutting out or away

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See excise in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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