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excise tax

Variant of excise

noun

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

transitive verb excised, excising

to put an excise on

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