Excise - Definition
excise
n 1: a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not
on property or income from real estate) [syn: excise,
excise tax]
v 1: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a
line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch
that remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge,
excise]
2: levy an excise tax on
3: remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor"