as in tariff
an amount of money that a government requires people to pay according to the value of certain possessions that are made, sold, or used within a country
The state seems to impose an excise on any number of goods.
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as in to tax
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as in to remove
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Recent Examples of excise
Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
To keep property taxes low for big business, for example, the governor had to raise sales and excise taxes just to pay for essential government functions.
—Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
The Senate, somehow after Congress excised language in a short-term spending bill two days earlier that would have given D.C. control of the RFK site to the city, unanimously passed a continuing resolution that restored the controlling mechanism over the RFK site.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Everyone understood that the latter included both excise taxes and tariff duties, and most anticipated that these levies would be the principal sources of federal revenue.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
To keep property taxes low for big business, for example, the governor had to raise sales and excise taxes just to pay for essential government functions.
—Brucie Porter / Made By History, TIME, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
How else does one explain the hypocrisy of claiming to value LGBTQ+ creators, audiences and employees, then forging lucrative, multiyear relationships with transphobic comics or excising a trans storyline from a children’s series?
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
The Senate, somehow after Congress excised language in a short-term spending bill two days earlier that would have given D.C. control of the RFK site to the city, unanimously passed a continuing resolution that restored the controlling mechanism over the RFK site.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excise
Noun
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Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The Trump administration’s tariff policy rattled stocks last week, and uncertainty weighed on the major averages.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
9 Mar. 2025
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In Democratic response, Slotkin says Trump has no credible plan to lower grocery prices Schiff also expressed frustration and disapproval of Trump’s whiplash tariff agenda.—
Isabel Danzis,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Earnings withdrawn before five years can be taxed as income.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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My elderly parents, while healthy, depend on daily check-ins, which can be emotionally taxing.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Importantly, Google can't remove content from webpages—you're on your own there.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
26 Feb. 2025
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Under further pressure, How to Survive a Warzone was removed from iPlayer, while yesterday even Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy was weighing in on the growing row.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In the case of Social Security, there are special taxes levied on incomes.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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For Solomon, the January suspension was the second levied in less than two months.—
Donna McGuire,
Ian Cummings,
and Glenn E. Rice,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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However this author has compiled roundups of rules from 2024 which Congress and the administration might also survey to extract those meeting the termination criteria of E.O. 14219.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Curcumin: It's extracted from turmeric and purified to create a product containing only curcumin and very little of the other parts of turmeric.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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With the violence markedly cut down from the game, the showrunners say the need for Abby to be so imposing wasn’t as critical.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2025
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The White House imposed 25% across-the-board tariffs on Mexican imports and on nearly all Canadian imports early Tuesday.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This is evident in the agency's recent decision under current leadership to withdraw several high-profile lawsuits alleging violations of consumer financial laws against Early Warning Services, the operator of Zelle, and major banks such as JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo.—
Lenwood V. Long, Sr.,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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But that means patients don’t have the usual right of a trial participant to withdraw from a study at any time, Johnson notes.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Golf fans everywhere were up in arms as the debate raged about whether Clark should be penalized.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
8 Mar. 2025
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Bates said in a previous motion hearing to reduce Syed’s sentence he shouldn’t have been released but he also shouldn’t be penalized for the actions of the previous prosecutors.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Excise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excise. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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