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
Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Spokespersons for the Tax Board and California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (the successor agency for the Board of Equalization) confirmed Thursday that the holds refer to unpaid taxes, like sales, excise and income taxes.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2024
David Aldridge, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
By excising Batman and his fantastical sway on Gotham from The Penguin, the city’s criminal underworld feels more grounded in the quotidian details of drug deals and power plays, in actual matters of life and death.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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Noun
In 1971, ads were banned from television and later large increases in excise taxes were imposed, followed in the 1980s and 90s by prohibitions on smoking in public spaces.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Spokespersons for the Tax Board and California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (the successor agency for the Board of Equalization) confirmed Thursday that the holds refer to unpaid taxes, like sales, excise and income taxes.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2024
Verb
The Senate, somehow after Congress excised language in a short-term spending bill two days earlier that would have given D.C. control of the RFK site to the city, unanimously passed a continuing resolution that restored the controlling mechanism over the RFK site.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
By excising Batman and his fantastical sway on Gotham from The Penguin, the city’s criminal underworld feels more grounded in the quotidian details of drug deals and power plays, in actual matters of life and death.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excise
Noun
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An update last week to the University of Michigan’s long-running consumer sentiment index showed Americans are worried that the tariffs championed by Trump will cause high inflation to come roaring back.—
Cory Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Feb. 2025
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Businesses are grappling with economic uncertainty and potentially higher costs caused by the Trump administration’s tariffs, among other conflicting forces.—
Matt Egan and Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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That includes proposals to tax more than $1.3 trillion of imports from Canada, Mexico and China — many times the volume of trade his tariffs affected in his entire first term.—
Ana Swanson,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Over the past year, Charles also has been undergoing treatment for cancer, which has taxed him physically and mentally at times.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Under further pressure, How to Survive a Warzone was removed from iPlayer, while yesterday even Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy was weighing in on the growing row.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Importantly, Google can't remove content from webpages—you're on your own there.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In the case of Social Security, there are special taxes levied on incomes.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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For Solomon, the January suspension was the second levied in less than two months.—
Donna McGuire,
Ian Cummings,
and Glenn E. Rice,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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Furthermore, Syria could demand regular base extensions from Russia, a far cry from that 49-year lease Assad bestowed, and extract other significant concessions.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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There are many steps to creating a viable white hydrogen industry, including developing reliable, economic methods to extract it and infrastructure to store and transport it.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The department said export control laws did not impose such restrictions.—
Luc Cohen,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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In a far-reaching move set to take effect on March 4th, President Donald J. Trump imposed a 25% tariff on all foreign imports from Canada, a close ally and the US’ largest energy trading partner, as well as on Mexico.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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At the 2001 event Venus withdrew with a knee injury,.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2025
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Another clash is set to play out at the U.N. on Monday after the U.S. proposed a competing resolution that lacks the same demands as one from Ukraine and the European Union for Moscow’s forces to immediately withdraw from the country.—
Matthew Lee and Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The first is to penalize EU states that systematically go against the grain of the policies, values and interests of the Union.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Increasingly, large employers are starting to include language in contracts with claim administrators that would penalize insurance providers for approving too many or too few claims, said Shawn Gremminger, president of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.—
Christine Mai-Duc,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Excise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excise. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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