Synonyms for excise
ˈɛk saɪz, -saɪs; ɪkˈsaɪzex·cise

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1. excise, excise taxverb

   a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

   Synonyms:
   excise tax

2. strike, scratch, expunge, exciseverb

   remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

   "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

   Synonyms:
   chance upon, itch, impinge on, hit, fret, attain, chance on, scrub, take, come up, fall upon, strike, rub, inscribe, move, assume, call off, collide with, coin, scrape up, cancel, fall, walk out, chafe, shine, affect, engrave, run into, scratch, happen upon, scratch up, come across, mint, strickle, impress, come to, scrape, expunge, come upon, light upon, take up, fray, discover, grave

3. exciseverb

   levy an excise tax on

   Synonyms:
   scratch, expunge, strike

4. exciseverb

   remove by cutting

   "The surgeon excised the tumor"

   Synonyms:
   scratch, expunge, strike

Matched Categories

1. • Cut Out
   • Tax

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1. excisenoun

   Synonyms:
   inland duty, tax upon home products

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1. List of paraphrases for "excise":

   exciserespondent, excisable

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How to use excise in a sentence?

1. Budi Susanto Sadiman:

   (Recycling) is more effective for zero waste, there will be no waste, an excise duty on plastic bags is useless.

2. Scott Schneider:

   We are on safe ground with this bill, ... This is a foundational protection for the free excise of religion.

3. Sri Mulyani:

   God willing we will implement it this year, we are optimistic, the right fiscal instrument to reduce a tendency to consume something dangerous is an excise duty.

4. Leslie Henderson:

   This only hits brewers. We pay all the taxes that other small businesses pay, and then on top of that, we paid this excise tax.

5. Boris Johnson:

   Take out, excise, surgically remove the backstop, OK? thats the problem, thats the lobster pot, thats the trap that keeps us locked in the customs union and means we have this terrible Hobsons choice between, as it were, sacrificing Northern Ireland orremaining subject to the E.U. without having any say in the E.U.