EXCISES Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

as in taxes

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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

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Noun

Trump’s tariffs on Canada, for example, have touched off a trade war with one of the United States’ closest allies.

— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
His recent levying of tariffs against Canada have become problems for Republicans in the Maine and Michigan Senate races.

— Josh Boak, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of tariffs

Verb

Maryland is the only state that taxes both sides, with an estate and inheritance tax.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of taxes

Verb

Smart Document Capture extracts financial information from invoices, receipts and other documents directly into Xero.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of extracts

Verb

This imposes substantial costs to consumers, limits access to free information and content on the open web, and reduces pathways to earnings for writers and content producers.

— Vivek Shah, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
The law imposes consequences for the new crime that are similar to other child pornography convictions, according to a summary of the bill.

— Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of imposes

Verb

First, the continuous scouring action of the water jet removes slag and oxidized sputtering residues, producing a clean processing interface with smooth inner walls and vertical groove profiles.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Jacobs, placed on the commissioner’s exempt list Sunday, can’t practice or play until NFL commissioner Roger Goodell removes him from the list.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of removes

Verb

Cookies should not be set before consent, should appear the moment consent is granted, should persist across the session and should disappear when a visitor withdraws it.

— Lesa Seibert, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
The background of the film is the budget slashes that are happening in this sector all over the Western world, as the government withdraws its own form of care.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of withdraws

Verb

Many automakers have been pushing for a revised USMCA that better rewards domestic manufacturing and penalizes competitors reliant on foreign imports.

— Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Again in a system that cannot see the work and occasionally penalizes its symptoms.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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