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Antonyms for excise


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : noun ek-sahyz, -sahys; verb ek-sahyz, ik-sahyz
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈɛk saɪz, -saɪs; verb ˈɛk saɪz, ɪkˈsaɪz



Definition of excise

Origin :
  • "tax on goods," late 15c., from Middle Dutch excijs (early 15c.), apparently altered from accijs "tax" (by influence of Latin excisus "cut out or removed," see excise (v.)), traditionally from Old French acceis "tax, assessment" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + census "tax, census" (see census). English got the word, and the idea for the tax, from Holland.
  • noun tax on goods
  • verb remove, delete
Example sentences :
  • As it is, I look to the Excise scheme as a certainty of maintenance; a maintenance!
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • You have been misinformed as to my final dismissal from the Excise; I am still in the service.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Our friend, Cunningham, will perhaps have told you of my going into the Excise.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Sich laughs, to be sure, we had about her and a young man of the Excise.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
  • This brings us finally to the vexed problem of Customs and Excise.
  • Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender
  • I am one of those who think that the excise duties ought to be taken off.
  • Extract from : « Lord George Bentinck » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • My uncle explained to me all about the excise duties on tobacco.
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • Possibly, monsieur; for at St. Germain-en-Laye they have no excise to pay.
  • Extract from : « The Regent's Daughter » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
  • On that day there was no excise of the commodities of character.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 » by Alexander Leighton
  • A license to sell goods that have paid the duties or excise.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Synonyms for excise

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