excise in WordNet English dictionary

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

1. remove by cutting
   "The surgeon excised the tumor"
   excise 
   
2. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
   "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
   strike  scratch  expunge  excise 
   
3. levy an excise tax on
   excise