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Webster 1913 Edition
Excise
Ex-cise′
,Noun.
[Apparently fr. L.
excisum
cut off, fr. excidere
to cut out or off; ex
out, off + caedere
to cut; or, as the word was formerly written accise
, fr. F. accise
, LL. accisia
, as if fr. L. accidere
, accisum
, to cut into; ad + caedere
to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. assise
, LL. assisa
, assisia
, assize. See Assize
, Concise
.] 1.
In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively;
as,
excise
duties; excise
law; excise
system.The English
excise
system corresponds to the internal revenue system in the United States. Abbot.
An
excise
. . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct charge laid on merchandise, products, or commodities. 11 Allen’s (Mass. ) Rpts.
2.
That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
[Eng.]
Ex-cise′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Excised
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Excising
.] 1.
To lay or impose an excise upon.
2.
To impose upon; to overcharge.
[Prov. Eng.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Excise
EXCI'SE
,Noun.
An inland duty or impost, laid on commodities consumed, or on the retail, which is the last state before consumption; as an excise on coffee, soap, candles, which a person consumes in his family. But many articles are excised at the manufactories, as spirit at the distillery, printed silks and linens at the printer's, &c.
EXCI'SE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
excise
excise
See also: excisé
English
Alternative forms
- excize (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Noun
excise (plural excises)
- A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
- 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
- Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
- 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, "excise",
- A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
- 1787, Constitution of the United States of America, Article I, Section 8,
- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts […] of the United States;
- 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
Translations
excise tax — see excise tax
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Verb
excise (third-person singular simple present excises, present participle excising, simple past and past participle excised)
- To impose an excise tax on something.
Etymology 2
From French exciser, from Latin excisus, past participle of excīdō (“cut out”), from ex (“out of, from”) + caedō (“cut”).
Pronunciation
Verb
excise (third-person singular simple present excises, present participle excising, simple past and past participle excised)
- To cut out; to remove.
- 1846, William Youatt, The Dog,
- [T]hey [warts] may be lifted up with the forceps, and excised with a knife or scissors, and the wound touched with nitrate of silver.
- 1901, Andrew Lang, Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion,
- In revising the book I […] have excised certain passages which, as the book first appeared, were inconsistent with its main thesis.
- 1987, Ann Rule, page 442 of Small Sacrifices,
- Insanity can be cured. Personality disorders are so inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them.
- 1846, William Youatt, The Dog,
- (rare) To perform certain types of female circumcision.
Related terms
Translations
to cut out, to remove