EXCISE Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in tariff

an amount of money that a government requires people to pay according to the value of certain possessions that are made, sold, or used within a country The state seems to impose an excise on any number of goods.

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excise

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verb

as in to tax

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as in to remove

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Noun

The town also increased its excise taxes, imposed when connecting to the town’s water or sewer system and paid prior to the issuance of any building permits. —

Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024 The budget proposal also proposes raising excise taxes on private and corporate jet flights. —

Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2024

Verb

The sellers seemed shocked by the forecast for Amazon retail and totally excised the greatness of the much more lucrative Amazon Web Services. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024 Some nostalgic observers want to see parts of the station excised intact and ferried safely to Earth’s surface, bound for a museum, but that’s just as logistically challenging as a permanent ultrahigh orbit, NASA says. —

Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for excise

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