Excise

(noun.) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate).

(verb.) remove by cutting; 'The surgeon excised the tumor'.

(verb.) levy an excise tax on.

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• The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The duties of excise are imposed chiefly upon goods of home produce, destined for home consumption. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In addition to scientific discoveries, the manufacture of glass in England received a great impetus by the removal of onerous excise duties which had been imposed on its manufacture. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It is otherwise with goods subject to duties of excise. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The aides, which correspond to the excise in England, are very different in different provinces. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The excise duty upon Scotch salt is at present 1s:6d. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In point of perspicuity, precision, and distinctness, therefore, the duties of customs are much inferior to those of excise. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The cautery consists of a loop of platinum wire carried by a suitable non-conducting handle, with means for constricting the white hot loop of wire about the tumor or object to be excised. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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