1. (

• excise ,
• excise_tax

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

1. (

• strike ,
• scratch ,
• expunge ,
• excise

) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" ;

2. (

• excise

) levy an excise tax on ;

3. (

• excise ,

) remove by cutting; "The surgeon excised the tumor" ;