excise

  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.
  4. Verb.  (rare) To perform certain types of female circumcision.

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