Meaning of excise

Definition of excise

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

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