excise.
A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
Meaning & usage
A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”), from earlier accijs (“tax”), from Old French acceis (“tax, assessment”) (whence modern French accise), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad + census (“tax, census”).
To impose an excise tax on something.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”), from earlier accijs (“tax”), from Old French acceis (“tax, assessment”) (whence modern French accise), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad + census (“tax, census”).
To cut out; to remove.
Military censors have excised some details from the photographs for security reasons.
Where this word comes from
From French exciser, from Latin excisus, past participle of excīdō (“cut out”), from ex (“out of, from”) + caedō (“cut”).
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