excise
/ɛksˈaɪs/
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Definitions
Noun
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
Verb
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
Verb
levy an excise tax on
Verb
remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"