excise

Etymology 1
From, altered under the influence of Latin , from earlier , from (whence modern 🇨🇬), from , ultimately from  +.

Noun

 * 1) A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
 * 2) * 1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
 * Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
 * 1) * 1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, "excise",
 * A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
 * 1) * 1787, Constitution of the United States of America, Article I, Section 8,
 * The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts of the United States;

Verb

 * 1) To impose an excise tax on something.

Etymology 2
From, from , past participle of , from +.

Verb

 * 1) To cut out; to remove.
 * 2) * 1901, Andrew Lang, Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion,
 * In revising the book I have excised certain passages which, as the book first appeared, were inconsistent with its main thesis.
 * In revising the book I have excised certain passages which, as the book first appeared, were inconsistent with its main thesis.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: vyříznout, (vy)preparovat
 * Danish: bortskære
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , exzidieren
 * Greek: εκτέμνω
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: вирі́зувати, виріза́ти, ви́різати