- an internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.
- a tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.
- the branch of the civil service that collects excise taxes.
- to impose an excise on.
- to expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text.
- to cut out or off, as a tumor.
- a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market
- a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc
- that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now part of HMRC
- to delete (a passage, sentence, etc); expunge
- to remove (an organ, structure, or part) surgically
