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Meaning of excise

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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