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excise
has definitions from the fields of government,surgery
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[ verb ] remove by erasing or crossing out
Examples "Please strike this remark from the record" Used in print (James Blish, The Star Dwellers....)Jack crawled under the boards and restored the six feet of lead_line he had excised from the Nernst generator switch . |
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[ verb ] (government) levy an excise tax on
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[ noun ] (government) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
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