Definition of excise

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Excise (n.) 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..

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Farmer :: Farmer (n.) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues..
Riding :: Riding (n.) A district in charge of an excise officer.
Excise :: Excise (v. t.) To impose upon; to overcharge.
Excised :: Excised (imp. & p. p.) of Excis.
Collection :: Collection (n.) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
Duty :: Duty (n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods..
Revenue :: Revenue (n.) The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use..
Excise :: Excise (n.) That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
Exciseman :: Exciseman (n.) An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty.
Tonometer :: Tonometer (n.) An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals.
Excise :: Excise (v. t.) To lay or impose an excise upon.
Excise :: Excise (n.) 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..
Excisemen :: Excisemen (pl. ) of Excisema.
Gabel :: Gabel (n.) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise..
Excisable :: Excisable (a.) Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity..
Excise :: Excise (v. t.) To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor..
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