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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as in to tax
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as in to remove
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Recent Examples of excise
Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 5 June 2025
The bill from last year also pitched a new 5% local option motor vehicle excise surcharge, or a fee charged by every city and town on vehicles registered in their communities based on the vehicle’s value.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Our heroes face dire odds time and again, but invariably their various superpowers (resurrection, invisibility, summoning the dead, etc.) excise them from each pickle, a little worse for wear but mostly intact.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Noun
In addition to no tax on tips and no tax on overtime, the bill would also repeal federal excise taxes on gun silencers and tanning services.
—Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 5 June 2025
The bill from last year also pitched a new 5% local option motor vehicle excise surcharge, or a fee charged by every city and town on vehicles registered in their communities based on the vehicle’s value.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
But in concessions to Merz’s Conservatives, the version of the law that passed excised a clause that would have required all German film productions to meet specific diversity, gender equality, inclusion and anti-discrimination standards.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Our heroes face dire odds time and again, but invariably their various superpowers (resurrection, invisibility, summoning the dead, etc.) excise them from each pickle, a little worse for wear but mostly intact.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excise
Noun
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Chow pointed out that there would be geopolitical uncertainty ahead for the country, including the upcoming Upper House election, as well as tariff and trade uncertainties.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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Strategic Alternatives To Blanket Absorption There are alternative ways to navigate tariffs without compromising relationships: 1.—
Avy Punwasee,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Heavy rare earth elements are extremely close to each other in terms of their atomic weights, making the process to separate each from the other at sufficient purity levels for commercial or military applications extremely taxing.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
17 June 2025
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Like long-term capital gains, it is typically taxed at a rate of 20%.—
Greg McKenna,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
Verb
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Kids who try to end-run this will have their streams removed and live chat disabled.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials removed the alligators, allowing divers to recover a deceased male from the vehicle.—
Chris Anderson,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Residents of a large Park Forest apartment complex that has been without air conditioning for several days complained yesterday the problem hasn’t been fixed, while the village promised to levy fines against the property owner.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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In addition to labels, the U.S. has also levied a slew of sanctions on the country over the years.—
Mandy Taheri
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
Verb
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Once extracted, researchers began to compare the genetic material discovered to previous samples.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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In November 2022, President Joe Biden issued a license to allow the oil company Chevron to evade sanctions in order to extract oil in Venezuela.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2025
Verb
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Flight restrictions imposed after flare-ups between Iran and Israel last year were short-lived, Sobie said.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
21 June 2025
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One pitches with an imposing high leg kick, the other with a deceptive swivel.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
Verb
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The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has urged Tehran to allow the agency to inspect the sites, but Iran is yet to agree, and has threatened to withdraw cooperation with the watchdog.—
Claire Cameron,
semafor.com,
24 June 2025
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Israel is under pressure from its own to withdraw from Gaza over humanitarian concerns.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
24 June 2025
Verb
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This approach penalizes employees whose peak contributions occurred months before the review cycle and rewards those who happened to excel just before evaluation time.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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The bill, a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, would have barred and penalized the distribution or purchase of consumable hemp products that contain any cannabinoid other than CBD or CBG, which do not produce a high.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2025
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“Excise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excise. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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