excise

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. ex·cise 1 [excise excises excised excising] BrE [ˈeksaɪz] NAmE [ˈeksaɪz] noun uncountable
a government tax on some goods made, sold or used within a country
•new excise duties on low-alcohol drinks
•a sharp increase in vehicle excise
•an excise officer (= an official whose job is to collect ↑excise )
compare ↑customs

Word Origin:
late 15th cent. ‘a tax or toll’ Middle Dutch excijs accijs Latin accensare ‘to tax’ ad- ‘to’ census ‘tax’ ↑census

Example Bank:
•the excise levied on beer and tobacco
•to increase the excise on whisky
•There are new excise duties on alcoholic drinks.
•There has been a sharp increase in vehicle excise.
 
▪ II. ex·cise 2 [excise excises excised excising] BrE [ɪkˈsaɪz] NAmE [ɪkˈsaɪz] verb ~ sth (from sth) (formal)
to remove sth completely
•Certain passages were excised from the book.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. ‘notch or hollow out’ Latin excis- ‘cut out’ excidere ex- ‘out of’ caedere ‘to cut’

Example Bank:
•He carefully excised any passages that might cause offence.
•The sensor improves the precision with which surgeons can excise brain tumours.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  excise tax, strike, scratch, expunge