excise

About 2.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
2. verb To impose an excise tax on something.
3. verb To cut out; to remove.

   Military censors have excised some details from the photographs for security reasons.

Similar words

excise tax strike expunge tax customs taxation excisable consumer duty indirect

Often followed by

tax taxes duties duty and the on act department

Word family

excised excises excising