excise
A tax charged on goods produced within the countryA tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
» They consider linguistic diversity a cancer to be excised.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
- a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
Examples
4 sentencesThey consider linguistic diversity a cancer to be excised.
They see linguistic diversity as a cancer to be excised.
Some consider linguistic diversity a cancer to be excised; I consider it precious.
Linguistic diversity is a treasure to be cherished, not a cancer to be excised.
Origin
From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”), from earlier accijs (“tax”), from Old French acceis (“tax, assessment”) (whence modern French accise), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad + census (“tax, census”).
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Forms
plural: excisesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate):excise tax
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable