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  • 1excise — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a duty or tax levied on goods and commodities produced or sold within the country of origin. b a tax levied on certain licences. 2 Brit. a former government office collecting excise. Usage: Now the Board of Customs and Excise. v …

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  • 2excise — excise1 [ ɛksʌɪz] noun a tax levied on certain goods and commodities and on licences granted for certain activities. verb [usu. as adjective excised] charge excise on (goods). Origin C15: from MDu. excijs, accijs, perh. based on L. accensare to… …

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  • 3excise — ex·cise / ek ˌsīz, ˌsīs/ n 1: a tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity compare income tax, property tax 2: any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or other fee see also …

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  • 4Excise — or Excise tax (sometimes called an excise duty), is a type of tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).Typical examples of excise duties are taxes on tobacco,… …

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  • 5charge — 1 n 1 a: something required: obligation b: personal management or supervision put the child in his charge c: a person or thing placed under the care of another 2: an authoritative instr …

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  • 6Excise — Ex*cise , 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… …

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  • 7charge duty — index excise (levy a tax) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8charge — v 1. fill, fill up, load, plug, pack, ram down, inject with; suffuse, pervade, permeate; spread over, overspread, overrun, saturate, diffuse; bathe, soak, steep; imbue, infuse, penetrate, interfuse. 2. command, bid, order, dictate, adjure, direct …

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  • 9Federal telephone excise tax — The federal telephone excise tax is a statutory federal excise tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code in the United States under usc|26|4251 on amounts paid for certain communications services. The tax was to be imposed on the person paying… …

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  • 10London congestion charge — At Old Street, street markings and a sign (inset) with the white on red C alert drivers to the charge. The sign displays the original operating hours for the scheme …

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