Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Excise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excise \Ex*cise"\, n. [Apparently fr. L. excisum cut off, fr.
excidere to cut out or off; ex out, off + caedere to cut; or,
as the word was formerly written accise, fr. F. accise, LL.
accisia, as if fr. L. accidere, accisum, to cut into; ad +
caedere to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. assise, LL.
assisa, assisia, assize. See {Assize}, {Concise}.]
1. In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on
the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as,
tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the
country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and
deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in
England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial
bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used
adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.
The English excise system corresponds to the
internal revenue system in the United States.
--Abbot.
An excise . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct
charge laid on merchandise, products, or
commodities. --11 Allen's
(Mass. ) Rpts.
2. That department or bureau of the public service charged
with the collection of the excise taxes. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excise \Ex*cise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excised}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Excising}.]
1. To lay or impose an excise upon.
2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excise \Ex*cise"\, v. t. [See {Excide}.]
To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a
tumor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excise
n : a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not
on property or income from real estate) [syn: {excise tax}]
v 1: remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this
remark from the record" [syn: {strike}, {expunge}]
2: levy an excise tax on
3: remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"
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