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English noun: excise | |||
| 1. | excise (possession) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) | ||
| Synonyms | excise tax | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indirect tax | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ad valorem tax, gasoline tax, nuisance tax, sales tax, value-added tax, VAT | ||
English verb: excise | |||
| 1. | excise (contact) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | ||
| Samples | Please strike this remark from the record. Scratch that remark. | ||
| Synonyms | expunge, scratch, strike | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cancel, delete | ||
| 2. | excise (possession) levy an excise tax on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tax | ||
| 3. | excise (change) remove by cutting | ||
| Samples | The surgeon excised the tumor. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut out | ||
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