Definitions for excises

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excises ex·cise

Spelling: [noun ek-sahyz, -sahys; verb ek-sahyz, ik-

IPA: /noun ˈɛk saɪz, -saɪs; verb ˈɛk saɪz, ɪkˈsaɪz/

Excises is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in excises (ceeissx).

Definitions for excises

noun

1. an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
2. a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
3. British. the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.

verb (used with object)

1. to impose an excise on.
2. to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
3. to cut out or off, as a tumor.

Origin of excises

1485-95; apparently Middle Dutch excijs, variant of accijs Medieval Latin accīsa tax, literally, a cut, noun use of feminine past participle of Latin accīdere to cut into, equivalent to ac- <

Examples for excises

You have been misinformed as to my final dismissal from the excise; I am still in the service.

Sich laughs, to be sure, we had about her and a young man of the excise.

But its critics say it would be far better if companies had to excise such data before sharing what is left.

Our friend, Cunningham, will perhaps have told you of my going into the excise.

The idea is, hold back the barbarian hordes, and excise the cancerous growth that is sucking the lifeblood from our economy.

This has always included the excise tax penalty for non-compliance with the individual mandate.

This brings us finally to the vexed problem of Customs and excise.

The government, in effect, was attempting to excise certain points of view from public debate.

Then throw in insurance costs, an excise tax depending on what state you live in, and increasingly expensive tolls.

As it is, I look to the excise scheme as a certainty of maintenance; a maintenance!