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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
  • Nonetheless, the new Canada tariffs are all but certain to be challenged in court.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
  • An exception is shipping companies like FedEx and UPS, which collected the tariffs from their customers for overseas shipments.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 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
  • High performers know the difference between a manager who invests in them and one who extracts from them.
    — Miriam Groom, Forbes.com, 21 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
  • Even at the speed of light through fiber, that round trip imposes around 30 milliseconds of latency before any compute happens.
    — Jolie Kahn, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • New York state requires riders of all forms of e-bikes to be at least 16, and New York City imposes additional restrictions, including a 15 mph (24 kph) speed limit.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of imposes
Verb
  • Hal clocks it, giving his protégé a long side-eye when the green birdie continues to hover overhead after John removes the ring.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The 23-year-old Spaniard is returning after four months out with a wrist injury, but Sinner’s withdrawal removes his biggest rival.
    — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 23 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
  • However, if Miller withdraws after Monday, Republicans would reportedly have no nominee to replace him on the ballot.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
  • If a friend withdraws, reach out softly and offer clear help without pressure.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of withdraws
Verb
  • 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
Definition of penalizes

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