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 ex·cise /ˈɛkˌsaɪz, ˌsaɪs/
 貨物稅,國產稅(vt.)切除

 ex·cise /ɪkˈsaɪz/ 及物動詞
 切除,刪去

 Ex·cise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excised p. pr. & vb. n. Excising.]
 1. To lay or impose an excise upon.
 2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]

 Ex·cise, v. t.  To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.
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 Ex·cise n.
 1. 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.
    The English excise system corresponds to the internal revenue system in the United States.   --Abbot.
    An excise . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct charge laid on merchandise, products, or commodities.   --11 Allen's (Mass. ) Rpts.
 2. That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes. [Eng.]

 excise
      n : a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not
          on property or income from real estate) [syn: excise tax]
      v 1: remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this
           remark from the record" [syn: strike, expunge]
      2: levy an excise tax on
      3: remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"