[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

excise \excise"\, n. apparently fr. l. excisum cut off, fr.
   excidere to cut out or off; ex out, off + caedere to cut; or,
   as the word was formerly written accise, fr. f. accise, ll.
   accisia, as if fr. l. accidere, accisum, to cut into; ad +
   caedere to cut; but prob. transformed fr. of. assise, ll.
   assisa, assisia, assize. see assize, concise.
   1. in inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on
      the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as,
      tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the
      country. it is also levied to pursue certain trades and
      deal in certain commodities. certain direct taxes as, in
      england, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial
      bearings, etc., are included in the excise. often used
      adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.
      1913 webster

            the english excise system corresponds to the
            internal revenue system in the united states.
                                                  --abbot.
      1913 webster

            an excise . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct
            charge laid on merchandise, products, or
            commodities.                          --11 allen's
                                                  mass.  rpts.
      1913 webster

   2. that department or bureau of the public service charged
      with the collection of the excise taxes. eng.
      1913 webster
see also:
assize concise 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

excise \excise"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. excised; p. pr.  vb.
   n. excising.
   1. to lay or impose an excise upon.
      1913 webster

   2. to impose upon; to overcharge. prov. eng.
      1913 webster
see also:
excised excising 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

excise \excise"\, v. t. see excide.
   to cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a
   tumor.
   1913 webster
see also:
excide 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

excise
     n : a tax that is measured by the amount of business done not
         on property or income from real estate syn: excise tax
     v 1: remove by erasing or crossing out; "please strike this
          remark from the record" syn: strike, expunge
     2: levy an excise tax on
     3: remove by cutting; "the surgeon excised the tumor"
see also:
excise tax strike expunge 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

168 moby thesaurus words for "excise":
   vat, abscind, ad valorem duty, alcohol tax, amputate,
   amusement tax, annihilate, assessment on default, avulse, ax, ban,
   bar, bisect, bob, butcher, capital gains tax, capitation,
   capitation tax, carve, chop, cleave, clip, corporation tax, crop,
   cull, customs, customs duty, cut, cut away, cut in two, cut off,
   cut out, death duty, death tax, delete, deracinate, dichotomize,
   dig out, dig up, disentangle, dissever, dock, doomage, draw,
   draw out, dredge, dredge up, duty, elide, eliminate, enucleate,
   eradicate, estate duty, estate tax, evolve, evulse, excavate,
   except, excess profits tax, excise tax, exclude, export tax,
   expurgate, exsect, extinguish, extirpate, extract, extricate,
   federal tax, fissure, gabelle, gash, get out, gift tax, gouge out,
   grub up, hack, halve, head tax, hew, import tax, incise,
   income tax, inheritance tax, internal revenue tax, isolate, jigsaw,
   knock off, lance, land tax, liquor tax, local tax, lop, luxury tax,
   mine, mutilate, nip, nuisance tax, pare, peel,
   personal property tax, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, poll,
   poll tax, property tax, property-increment tax, protective tariff,
   provincial tax, prune, pull, pull out, pull up, quarry, rake out,
   rates, remove, rend, revenue tariff, rip out, rive, root out,
   root up, rule out, sales tax, salt tax, saw, school tax, scissor,
   set apart, set aside, sever, severance tax, shave, shear, slash,
   slice, slit, snip, specific duty, split, stamp out, state tax,
   strike off, strike out, strip, strip off, sunder, take off,
   take out, tariff, tariff duty, tear, tear out, telephone tax,
   truncate, unearth, unravel, uproot, use tax, value added tax,
   weed out, whittle, window tax, wipe out, withdraw, wrest out

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HM Revenue & Customs: Home Page
...Corporation Tax. *Excise & Other. *Imports & exports. *Starting a ... ..
http://www.hmce.gov.uk/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:27 pm

Central Board of Excise and Customs
...... to Information Act, 2005 in respect of Central Board of Excise and ... v. Arrears of Customs & Central Excise (Defaulters List). v. Draft ... ..
http://www.cbec.gov.in/, score=90, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:22 pm

Kastam Diraja Malaysia - Royal Malaysian Customs
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http://www.customs.gov.my/, score=89, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:49 pm

HM Revenue & Customs uktradeinfo: information on UK and International Trade.
... ..
http://www.uktradeinfo.com/, score=87, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 11:17 am

Royal Customs and Excise Department
...The Royal Customs and Excise Department is under the Ministry of ... The Royal Customs and Excise Department previously known as Customs ... ..
http://www.customs.gov.bn/, score=83, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 9:09 pm

DirektoratCukai
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http://www.beacukai.go.id/, score=68, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:36 pm

CIS: Motor Vehicle Excise Information
...... the excise will be due for all of that month. The annual excise due on ... the motor vehicle excise is due 30 days from the date the excise bill ... ..
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisexc/excidx.htm, score=68, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 12:39 pm

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http://www.hmce.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal, score=67, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 3:06 am

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