EXCISE Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of excise

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

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

Jefferson’s first draft contained a hundred-and-sixty-eight-word denunciation of the transatlantic slave trade, which was excised from the final text. — Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 The court ruling is likely to most immediately affect Southern states where local officials could excise majority-minority districts, stripping Black and brown voters of their political power. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for excise

Recent Examples of Synonyms for excise

Noun

The White House had previously angered US ranchers by quadrupling low-tariff imports of Argentine beef to cool prices.

— Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The new tariffs were imposed under presidential authority granted by Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which has never been deployed before.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of tariff

Verb

But the stakes are high as the county assessor, local taxing agencies and data center operators battle over how the properties should be valued for property tax purposes, often ending up tens of millions of dollars apart.

— Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
If voters approve in November, this measure could hike the state’s homestead exemption over the period of a few years, to the point where residential properties are only taxed for schools.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of tax

Verb

Merck and Moderna have several large trials under way in non-small cell lung cancers that have been surgically removed.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Beyond removing the psychological and practical barrier of injections, oral formulations are not reliant on syringes or refrigeration and are cheaper to manufacture.

— Perdita Nouril, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of remove

Verb

And in Brazil, tariffs were levied to push the country into dropping the criminal case against its former president, Jair Bolsonaro.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
The state potentially could levy hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of levy

Verb

Early in this year’s war, the United States and Israel considered launching ground operations to extract nuclear material but never initiated them, judging them to be highly risky and unlikely to affect the regime’s decision-making.

— Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
With the clock racing down to find Joe before she's extracted out of the country to her death, the team launches an assault against an airport hangar.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of extract

Verb

Tokayev, who has sought to maintain a delicate balance between Moscow and the West since sanctions were imposed on Russia over the war in Ukraine, has justified the changes by citing the need for rapid decision-making in a fast-changing world.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Zelensky’s five-year term was originally expected to end in 2024, but elections in Ukraine have been postponed under martial law imposed following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of impose

Verb

Being part of a dominant defense was one reason players like Camon withdrew from the NCAA transfer portal.

— Gerald Thomas III, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
The first clarifies that its PLX product does not provide law enforcement agencies with geolocation data, and the second says that the company has reached out to the complaint's authors to ask that the complaint against Penlink be withdrawn.

— Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of withdraw

Verb

The Boks had a five-meter attacking scrum but, for the first time in the match, they were penalized for wheeling against New Zealand's replacement front row of George Bower, Asafo Aumua and Fletcher Newell.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Urging more action to combat the practice, the lawyer suggested that the FTC policy statement’s scope was too narrow and should penalize surveillance wage schemes, too.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026

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