| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To extirpate, uproot or ablate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To extract, extort or wrest. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To levy or tax. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To eradicate or exterminate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb excise.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (excise) | 1. Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.[Wordnet]. 2. Levy an excise tax on.[Wordnet]. 3. Remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor".[Wordnet]. 4. To lay or impose an excise upon.[Websters]. 5. To impose upon; to overcharge.[Websters]. 6. To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: excising, excised, excises, exciser, excisers, excisingly and excisedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EXCISING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EXCISING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Imposing the duty of excise.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of excise. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: excise
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Commissioner of Customs and Excise | The Commissioner of Customs and Excise is the head of the Customs and Excise Department, which is responsible for monitoring the movement of goods into and out of Hong Kong, customs and excise, duties and investigation of pirated products. (references) | ||
| Customs and Excise | Customs and Excise refers to customs duties and excise duties. (references) | ||
| Customs and Excise Department | The Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) is responsible for the protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region against smuggling; the protection and collection of Government revenue on dutiable goods; the detection and deterrence of narcotics trafficking and abuse of controlled drugs; the protection of intellectual property rights; the protection of consumer interests; the protection and facilitation of legitimate trade and upholding Hong Kong’s trading integrity. (references) | ||
| Excise tax | A tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Excise Tax Reduction Act of 1954 | The United States Excise Tax Reduction Act of 1954 actually temporarily extended the 1951 excise tax increases (through March 31, 1955), but also reduced excise tax rates on, among other things, telephones, admissions, and jewelry. (references) | ||
| Her Majesty's Customs and Excise | Her Majesty's Customs and Excise (HMCE) was a department of the British Government in the UK. It was responsible for the collection of Value-added tax, Customs Duties, Excise Duties, and other indirect taxes such as Air Passenger Duty, Climate Change Levy, Insurance Premium Tax, Landfill Tax and Aggregates Levy. It was also responsible for managing the import and export of goods and services into the UK. HMCE was merged with the Inland Revenue to form a new department, HM Revenue and Customs, with effect from 18 April 2005. (references) | ||
| HM Customs & Excise National Museum | The HM Customs & Excise National Museum is based on Albert Dock Liverpool England, on the ground floor of the Merseyside Maritime Museum. It tells the exciting story of smuggling and contraband from the 1700s to the present day. (references) | ||
| Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party | The Lower Excise Fuel and Beer Party is a minor a political party in Australia, that never won a seat in a federal election. (references) | ||
| Vehicle excise duty | In the United Kingdom, Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) (often known as road tax) is an annual tax on the use of motor vehicles on the public roads. It is collected and enforced by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: excise
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Countervailing excise duty | Finance | A duty on an imported commodity designed to offset an excise tax placed on the same commodity when produced in the importing country. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Excise duty | Finance | Direct tax levied on the production or sale of specific products. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Excise tax | Economics | Taxes on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of goods, or upon licenses to pursue certain occupations, or upon corporate privileges. In current usage it covers various license fees imposed by government and practically every internal revenue tax from any source except the income tax. (references) | |
| Excise tax | Law | A duty charged on certain goods and services produced and/or sold within the country, such as tobacco, beer wines and spirits. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Excise tax | Politics | A tax levied on the purchase of a specific type of good or service, such as tobacco products, gasoline, or alcohol. (references) | |
| Excise Taxes | Administration | Excise taxes apply to various products, including alcohol, tobacco, transportation fuels, and telephone service. (references) | |
| Her Majesty's Customs and Excise | Finance | The group of government officials responsible for collecting customs duties and for controlling the import and export of dutiable goods. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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