[U] a government tax on some goods made, sold or used within a country:
new excise duties on low-alcohol drinks * a sharp increase in vehicle excise * an excise officer (= an official whose job is to collect excise)
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Part of speech: verb
[VN] ~ sth (from sth) (formal) to remove sth completely:
Certain passages were excised from the book.
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