excise
Surgically cut out
Excise works in two directions.
To excise something is to cut it out or remove it surgically: The surgeon excised the tumor.
The word applies figuratively to editing: The censors excised several scenes from the film.
Separately, an excise is a tax on goods produced or sold within a country—distinct from customs duties on imports: excise tax on tobacco.
Compulsory government charge
- dutyRequired moral task
- tariffTax on traded goods
- revenueBusiness income total
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
VAT · indirect tax · sin tax · tobacco tax · alcohol tax · fuel tax · luxury tax · consumption tax
Take something away
- cutSeverance or reduction
- expungeDelete entirely, officially
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- censorOne who suppresses content
delete · strike · omit · erase · purge · edit · elide · extract
Surgical tissue removal
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- lesionArea of pathological change
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
ablation · dissection · debridement · adenoma · polyp · cyst · removal · amputation
levy
Compulsory government charge
customs · VAT · indirect tax · sin tax · tobacco tax · alcohol tax · fuel tax · luxury tax · consumption tax · stamp duty
remove
Take something away
censor · delete · strike · omit · erase · purge · edit · elide · extract · eliminate
resection
Surgical tissue removal
biopsy · ablation · dissection · debridement · adenoma · polyp · cyst · removal · amputation · cauterize
import
Obtain from overseas
clearance · declaration · manifest · brokerage · valuation · drawback · transit · warehouse · consignment · entry
- taxessales tax, income tax, estate tax, corporate tax, payroll tax
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- ancient taxesannona, munera, poll tax, head tax, land tax
- import feescustoms duties, import duties, import tax, import taxes, duties
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- deletiondelete, erase, erasure, cross out, strike out
exciseinsert
Place within another thing
add · include · incorporate · implant · append
excisetax exemption
Freedom from governmental levies
tax relief · subsidy · tax rebate · rebate · duty-free
- tumor excisionSurgical removal of abnormal growth
- excise taxTax on manufactured goods
- excise taxesLevies on specific commodities
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