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# excise

noun (excise — uncountable); verb (excise, excises, excised, excising)

«excise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun) Excise, or excise duty, is a tax that the government puts on certain goods made or sold in the country, such as petrol, alcohol and tobacco. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/#m1)
2. (verb, formal) To excise something is to cut it out or remove it, such as a part of a text or a lump in an operation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal word for adults, found in news, money and history lessons. In maths problems excise is a tax added on to a price. In medicine a surgeon excises a growth; an editor excises a scene. Phrases: excise duty, excise tax, customs and excise.

### Examples

- The government raised the excise on petrol. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/#x1)
- Excise duty makes cigarettes more expensive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/#x2)
- The surgeon excised the lump from her arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/#x3)
- The editor excised two scenes from the film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/#x4)
- Customs and excise officers check goods at the port. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/#x5)
- If the excise is 2 dollars a bottle, 10 bottles carry 20 dollars of excise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/#x6)

### Note

Stress: noun EX-cise, verb ex-CISE. Do not confuse with «exercise». Uncountable as a tax: «the excise on fuel». In maths: excise added → price goes up (add or multiply per item).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «excise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/excise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«excise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/excise.html) on Mova free.