excise
Pronunciation
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004
Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈɛkˌsaɪz/
excise
- A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
- 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547 ↗
- Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
- 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, "excise",
- A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
- 1787, Constitution of the United States of America, Article I, Section 8,
- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts […] of the United States;
- 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547 ↗
excise (excises, present participle excising; past and past participle excised)
- To impose an excise tax on something.
excise (excises, present participle excising; past and past participle excised)
- To cut out; to remove.
- 1901, Andrew Lang, Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion,
- In revising the book I […] have excised certain passages which, as the book first appeared, were inconsistent with its main thesis.
- 1987, Ann Rule, page 442 of Small Sacrifices,
- Insanity can be cured. Personality disorders are so inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them.
- 1901, Andrew Lang, Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion,
- German: ausschneiden, herausschneiden, exzidieren
- Russian: вырезать
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004