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excise noun. L15.
[Middle Dutch excijs (also accijs), perh. from Proto-Romance verbal noun from Latin accensare to tax, formed as AC- + census tax, CENSUS.]
A tax, a toll. L15.
spec. A duty levied on goods produced or sold within a country and on licences granted for certain activities. L16.
excise duty, excise officer, etc.
attrib.: Cornish Guardian Guilty to..stealing an excise licence for a works truck.
Payment or imposition of excise duty. E-M18.
The government office responsible for the collection of excise duty, in Britain now called the Board of Customs and Excise. L18.
Comb.: excise law: spec. (US) a licensing law; exciseman an officer employed to collect excise duty and prevent infringement of the excise laws; excisemanship the post of exciseman.