English to English
noun
- a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
Please strike this remark from the record.
Scratch that remark.
source: WordNet 3.0
- levy an excise tax on
source: WordNet 3.0
- remove by cutting
The surgeon excised the tumor.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To lay or impose an excise upon.
source: Webster 1913
- To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [ecsáis] Bwis; singil
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [ecsáis] Magpabwis.
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
