Definition of excise

Overview of noun excise

The noun excise has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. excise, excise tax

(a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate))

Overview of verb excise

The verb excise has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) strike, scratch, expunge, excise

(remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark")

2. excise

(levy an excise tax on)

3. excise

(remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor")