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noun

Definition of excisenext
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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verb

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as in to tax

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as in to remove

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Recent Examples of excise
Noun
Lazio’s deal with Polymarket, which is unlicensed by Italy’s customs, excises and monopolies agency, is compliant under the same criteria. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 28 July 2026 If passed, Initiative 175 would direct the spending of our fuel excise taxes and sales taxes on motor vehicles on roads to be exclusively on transportation and the State Patrol. — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
Verb
To find out more, the researchers humanely excised additional fragments from the feet, main body and tentacles of the marine animals and ran a number of lab experiments in untreated seawater. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 28 May 2026 Following a high-profile dispute with Anthropic over a Pentagon contract—in which the government rejected limits on how the AI platform could be used—Anthropic has been mostly excised from government use and deemed a supply chain risk. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for excise
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excise
  1. tariff
  2. tax
  3. remove
  4. levy
  5. extract
  6. impose
  7. withdraw
  8. penalize
Noun
  • Officials would also not get ahead of Trump on fentanyl, which triggered the first round of tariffs against China last year.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Thursday's summit could see some announcements on the two countries' goal of taking tariffs off $30 billion in noncritical goods, on financial services and agricultural purchases, Bessent said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of tariff
Verb
  • Moving to Florida can affect how real estate is held, how investment income is taxed, insurance coverage, estate planning considerations and even the way business interests are structured.
    — Rob Edwards, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Contributions to 401k plans are not taxed until money is pulled out of the account, the IRS said.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of tax
Verb
  • While the complexities around working within a park that his ancestors had been removed from remain, Mgesi now supports much of his extended family with the steady wage.
    — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the building’s 22 existing murals could be removed as part of the changes, potentially including one depicting Don Quixote.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of remove
Verb
  • China pushed back promptly on the passage of the Sanctioning Russia Act, though Trump has not yet signed the legislation or announced an intention to make good on the authority to levy new duties.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The tax levied by this act is still considered one of the indirect economic reasons for the American Revolution.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of levy
Verb
  • After a years-long effort to extract just a fraction of DNA, the Bible hairs turned out not to be Jefferson’s.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Three of the four are co-ferments, which means the beans are put in anaerobic tanks, where oxygen is extracted and fruit is added.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of extract
Verb
  • The administration has also fired federal workers, imposed a historic increase in tariffs, and started the war in Iran without going through Congress, putting the burden on the judicial branch to determine the limits of presidential power.
    — Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Kyiv argued the warehouses held dual-use goods, and that hitting them would impose an immediate cost on ordinary Russians, who would pressure the Kremlin to end the war.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of impose
Verb
  • The proposal was withdrawn following heavy backlash by Democrats and civil liberties groups, with eventual bipartisan support to delete the clause from a broader bill.
    — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Sheeran’s remaining supporting acts—the band Lukas Graham and the singer-songwriters Aaron Rowe and Finneas—and his backing band, the Irish folk troupe Beoga, all withdrew in solidarity.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of withdraw
Verb
  • Even in cases where regulators found that companies endangered workers or committed multiple violations, few were penalized for all their citations.
    — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike traditional IRAs, which penalize savers for taking money out before retirement age, Roths offer some flexibility on withdrawals.
    — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of penalize

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“Excise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excise. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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