Word Meaning

Meaning of "excises" and the crossword clue

- Delete from document
- Queen leaves exercise for duty
- Tax
- Tax on commodities
- Tax on goods
- Tax on tobacco
- Cuts out
- Cuts out taxes
- Deletes from document
- Surgically removes
- Taxes on commodities
- 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.
- That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.
- To lay or impose an excise upon.
- To impose upon; to overcharge.
- To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.