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excise — ex·cise / ek ˌsīz, ˌsīs/ n 1: a tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity compare income tax, property tax 2: any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or other fee see also … Law dictionary
excise — noun VERB + EXCISE ▪ impose, levy ▪ the excise levied on beer and tobacco ▪ increase, raise ▪ cut, reduce … Collocations dictionary
Excise — or Excise tax (sometimes called an excise duty), is a type of tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).Typical examples of excise duties are taxes on tobacco,… … Wikipedia
levy — 1 / le vē/ n pl lev·ies 1: an act of levying: as a: the imposition or collection of a tax b: the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor s possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2: an amount… … Law dictionary
excise — [n] tax on goods customs, duty, import tax, levy, surcharge, tariff, toll; concept 329 excise [v] remove, delete amputate, black out, blot out*, blue pencil*, cross out, cut, cut off, cut out, cut up, destroy, edit, elide, eradicate, erase,… … New thesaurus
levy — [n] assessment, tax burden, collection, custom, duty, exaction, excise, fee, gathering, imposition, impost, muster, tariff, toll; concept 329 levy [v] assess, impose call, call up, charge, collect, demand, exact, extort, gather, lay on, place,… … New thesaurus
levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… … Black's law dictionary
levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… … Black's law dictionary
levy — 1. verb the government s right to levy taxes Syn: impose, charge, exact, raise, collect; rare mulct 2. noun 1) the levy of taxes Syn: imposition, raising, collection; formal exaction 2) the levy on alcohol … Thesaurus of popular words
excise — I noun the excise on liquor Syn: duty, tax, levy, tariff II verb 1) the tumors were excised Syn: cut out/off/away, take out, extract, remove; technical resect 2) all unnecessary detail should be excised … Thesaurus of popular words
