Excise

['eksaɪz] or [ɛk'saɪz]

解释:

(noun.) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate).

(verb.) remove by cutting; 'The surgeon excised the tumor'.

(verb.) levy an excise tax on.

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解释:

(n.) In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.

(n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.

(v. t.) To lay or impose an excise upon.

(v. t.) To impose upon; to overcharge.

(v. t.) To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.

编辑:梅森

同义词及近义词：

n. Inland duty, tax upon home products.

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解释:

n. a tax on certain home commodities and on licenses for certain trades; the department in the civil administration which is concerned with this tax.—v.t. to subject to excise duty.—adj. Excis′able liable to excise duty.—n. Excise′man an officer charged with collecting the excise.

v.t. to cut off or out.—n. Exci′sion a cutting out or off of any kind: extirpation.

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