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
Daniel J. Pilla, National Review, 5 May 2025
New excise taxes were put on sugar, alcohol and plastics.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 4 May 2025
New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
The firings have also excised the next generation of leaders at the C.D.C., the N.I.H., the Food and Drug Administration, and other agencies that the department oversees.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Noun
To support his case, Trump correctly points out that until the modern income tax was adopted by the 16th Amendment in 1913, the United States collected the bulk of its revenue through tariffs and excise taxes.
—Daniel J. Pilla, National Review, 5 May 2025
New excise taxes were put on sugar, alcohol and plastics.
—Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 4 May 2025
Verb
The culture and system of DOC has solidified into this morass of unaccountability and negligence that can probably only be excised from without, by an official not tethered to it or the city’s broader political strictures.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
The firings have also excised the next generation of leaders at the C.D.C., the N.I.H., the Food and Drug Administration, and other agencies that the department oversees.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excise
Noun
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The tariffs removed include the 10% universal tariff, the reciprocal tariffs, and the specific tariffs targeting China, Canada, and Mexico.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Early South Korean voters reportedly turned out in record numbers this week as the nation awaits the June 3 presidential election in what has been described as a pivotal race amid ongoing threats posed by China and recent rocky relations with the U.S. due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2025
Verb
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Instead, part of each income payment will be taxed as a long-term capital gain over your life expectancy.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Schools with a per-student endowment of $1.25 million to $2 million would be taxed 14%; schools with a per-student endowment between $750,000 and $1.25 million would be taxed 7%; and those with endowments of $500,000 to $750,000 per student would be taxed 1.4%.—
Brad Brooks,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
Verb
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The office had to remove most furniture and relocate client documents somewhere dry.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
21 May 2025
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Inside, the inmates then cut through the pipes connected to the sink and toilet to remove them and escape through the wall.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Reports from several Bangladeshi news sources say that the country is prepared to offer the U.S. generous terms—a total zeroing out of duties on hundreds of U.S.-made products, to be exact—in order to placate President Donald Trump, who levied 37-percent tariffs on Bangladesh on April 2.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
21 May 2025
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Both have no shortage of accusations to levy against the other, though all remains speculative at this point.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
Verb
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This is creating new opportunities to extract and reuse valuable raw materials, lessening Europe’s reliance on external sources.—
Marianne Lehnis,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Federal planning records show that extracting the deposit would over the course of several decades turn Oak Flat — which the Apache call Chí’chil Bildagoteel — into a nearly two-mile-wide, 1,000-foot-deep industrial crater.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Both armies have a small industry devoted to ‘hacking’ the drones, modifying the firmware to get around limitations imposed by the makers and prevent them from being tracked.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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After deliberating for parts of three days during the punishment phase of the trial, some jurors told the Tribune the decision to impose the death penalty had been a difficult one.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Macron made the remarks as the U.S. is considering withdrawing troops from Europe to shift them to the Indo-Pacific.—
DAVID RISING,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
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Acknowledging those headwinds, Mulgrew has since withdrawn the UFT’s support for the the plan, which would have provided the city with hundreds of millions of dollars in annual savings.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
Verb
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This tax is part of a larger bill to improve housing market accessibility for residents, including taxing short-term rental and penalizing owners that leave homes empty.—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Young Republicans also overwhelmingly backed several provisions of the PRO Act that the survey tested, such as expediting the collective-bargaining process, posting information about labor rights in workplaces, and penalizing companies that violate the law.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 May 2025
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“Excise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excise. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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