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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
Higher Ed Excise Taxes In most parts of [America], excises must be confined within a narrow compass. — Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excises
  1. tariffs
  2. taxes
  3. extracts
  4. imposes
  5. removes
  6. levies
  7. withdraws
  8. penalizes
Noun
  • Regarding tariffs, Singh said the company expects to receive $80 million in tariff refunds but added that the company has just started to file claims.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
  • Tax experts bring unique takes on tariffs and other geoeconomic risks and alternative paths for response.
    — Jim DeLoach, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of tariffs
Verb
  • Plenty of genuinely brilliant people are private by nature, and the new arrangement taxes them hardest, handing them a second, public-facing job none of them applied for.
    — Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Every state taxes alcoholic beverages, though the tax treatment of certain alcoholic beverages may appear arbitrary.
    — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of taxes
Verb
  • So instead of getting magnesium that has been smelted via the Pidgeon process, Lola extracts the stuff from seawater via electrolysis, powered by solar.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
  • Those contracts call for Next Hydrogen to design and deliver an electrolyzer that extracts tritium from heavy water, a critical process for preparing fuel used in future fusion reactors.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
Definition of extracts
Verb
  • If a judge agrees and imposes a restraining order, Paramount would be blocked from completing the deal for the time being, though the company would almost certainly appeal.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • Kansas also imposes a corporate surtax that Missouri does not.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of imposes
Verb
  • Early morning writing removes the pressure, lowers the stakes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • The first of those two worldwide lists measures sales and streaming activity from around the globe, while the latter uses the same data, but removes all consumption originating in the United States.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of removes
Verb
  • Beyond the federal government, each state also levies their own separate gas taxes.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • Beyond the federal government, each state also levies their own separate gas taxes.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Definition of levies
Verb
  • If a candidate withdraws after that July 13 deadline, the party does not have any way to nominate a replacement.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 6 July 2026
  • Al Gore, John McCain suspends his campaign for the Republican nomination for president, and Bill Bradley withdraws from the race for the Democratic nomination.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
Definition of withdraws
Verb
  • Generous leave policies frequently go underused, particularly by men, if workplace culture quietly penalizes those who take advantage of them.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 25 May 2026
  • The system rewards deference and penalizes the judgment oversight was designed to protect.
    — Tiffany Archer, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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