"excise" in the noun sense
1. excise, excise tax
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
"excise" in the verb sense
1. strike, scratch, expunge, excise
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
"Please strike this remark from the record"
"scratch that remark"
2. excise
levy an excise tax on
3. excise
remove by cutting
"The surgeon excised the tumor"
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