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Added 9 October 2026

excise

/ˈɛkˌsaɪz/ noun

Latin root: excisus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about excise at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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
Levy an excise tax on.
Remove by cutting.
The surgeon excised the tumor

Origin

From Middle Dutch excijs, altered under the influence of Latin excisus (“cut out, removed”), from earlier accijs (“tax”), from Old French acceis (“tax, assessment”) (whence modern French accise), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from Latin ad + census (“tax, census”).

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