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excise
noun
verb
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
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ˈɛkˌsaɪz
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noun
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
verb
remove by cutting
“The surgeon excised the tumor”
verb
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
“Please strike this remark from the record”
verb
levy an excise tax on
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The surgeon excised the tumor
Please strike this remark from the record
scratch that remark
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