Associations to the word «Excise»

Wiktionary

EXCISE, noun. A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
EXCISE, verb. To impose an excise tax on something.
EXCISE, verb. To cut out; to remove.
EXCISE, verb. (rare) To perform certain types of female circumcision.
EXCISE TAX, noun. Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.

Dictionary definition

EXCISE, noun. A tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate).
EXCISE, verb. Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark".
EXCISE, verb. Levy an excise tax on.
EXCISE, verb. Remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.