excise.

1. A tax charged on particular goods or activities, often at production or sale.

2. To cut out or remove an unwanted part.

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Words that belong together

• fuel excise
• excise on alcohol

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The increase in fuel excise raised transport costs across the region.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular excise; plural excises. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: excises.