| VERB | contact | excise, strike, scratch, expunge | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | excise | levy an excise tax on | |
| change | excise | remove by cutting | |
| NOUN | possession | excise, excise tax | a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) |
| Sounds | ehksay's; eh'ksayz | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | advice ... vise: 29 rhymes with ays... | |
| actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | ||
| Meaning | A tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | excise tax | |
| Narrower | VAT, value-added tax, ad valorem tax | A tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production |
| gasoline tax | A tax on every gallon of gasoline sold | |
| sales tax, nuisance tax | A tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer | |
| Broader | indirect tax | A tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations |
| Spanish | especiales, impuesto al consumo, impuesto especial, impuesto sobre el consumo | |
| Verbs | excise | levy an excise tax on |
| Meaning | Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | strike, scratch, expunge | |
| Broader | delete, cancel | Remove or make invisible |
| Nouns | excision | the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage |
| Meaning | levy an excise tax on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | tax | levy a tax on |
| Nouns | excise | a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) |
| Meaning | Remove by cutting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The surgeon excised the tumor" | |
| Broader | cut out | Delete or remove |
| Nouns | excision | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
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