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noun

plural of excise
as in tariffs
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

present tense third-person singular of excise
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as in taxes

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as in extracts

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Recent Examples of excises
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 Yet his progressive tax proposals sat atop a federal revenue system that was still heavily dependent on excises. — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excises
  1. tariffs
  2. taxes
  3. extracts
  4. imposes
  5. removes
  6. levies
  7. withdraws
  8. penalizes
Noun
  • The bipartisan package allows the president to impose tariffs on the world’s top five purchasers of Russian oil or natural gas, including China and India.
    — Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The biggest—and really the only thing—that has made is rethink our production is tariffs.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of tariffs
Verb
  • Hemp beverages reached national scale by selling outside the licensed marijuana system, the same system that taxes and constrains the legacy and social equity operators Dawson has spent years amplifying.
    — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The kiddie tax is an IRS rule that taxes a child's unearned income such as interest, dividends, and capital gains beyond a certain threshold at their parents' marginal tax rate rather than the child's lower rate.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of taxes
Verb
  • Under a contract with Konza Health, the new system automatically extracts emergency room records covering more than 10,000 diagnostic conditions.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 July 2026
  • Space startup Interlune revealed a new technology that extracts 99% pure helium-3 from standard Grade A helium.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of extracts
Verb
  • The legislation imposes new work, eligibility and certification restrictions on Medicaid recipients that is projected to cut nearly $800 billion from Medicaid health insurance program for poor Americans over the next decade.
    — Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Still, a traditional blockade risks escalation and imposes extensive military costs on China.
    — Eugene Gholz, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of imposes
Verb
  • Critics argue that the shortcut removes the layer of oversight that protects patients from the mistakes that have shaped every prior generation of gene therapy.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The clock stops once the rider removes his hand from the rope or touches anything with his free arm.
    — Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of removes
Verb
  • Beyond the federal government, each state also levies their own separate gas taxes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Finally, the governor’s plan calls for raising the residential exemption on the 20-mills that Kansas levies to support public schools.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of levies
Verb
  • If a friend withdraws, reach out softly and offer clear help without pressure.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
  • If Miller withdraws by Wednesday, Republicans can hold a special election to replace him on the ballot.
    — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of withdraws
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  • Again in a system that cannot see the work and occasionally penalizes its symptoms.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Adding another employee, buying a new piece of equipment, or expanding into a larger space all become harder when the tax code penalizes those investments.
    — Kent Strang, Boston Herald, 26 July 2026
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