excise

1. A tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) (synset 113337354)
   is a type of: indirect tax - a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations
   subtypes:

   • nuisance tax, sales tax - a tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer
   • ad valorem tax, value-added tax, vat - a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
   • gasoline tax - a tax on every gallon of gasoline sold
   same as: excise tax

1. Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line (synset 201552202)
   "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"
   is a type of: cancel, delete - remove or make invisible
   same as: expunge, scratch, strike
2. Levy an excise tax on (synset 202312862)
   is a type of: tax - levy a tax on
3. Remove by cutting (synset 200473802)
   "The surgeon excised the tumor"
   is a type of: cut out - delete or remove

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