Synonyms: excise, excise tax
Definition: a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
Similar words: indirect tax
Definition: a tax levied on goods or services rather than on persons or organizations
Synonyms: excise
Definition: remove by cutting
Usage: The surgeon excised the tumor
Similar words: cut out
Definition: delete or remove
Usage: Cut out the extra text; cut out the newspaper article
Synonyms: scratch, strike, excise, expunge
Definition: remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
Usage: Please strike this remark from the record; scratch that remark
Definition: remove or make invisible
Usage: Please delete my name from your list
Synonyms: excise
Definition: levy an excise tax on
Similar words: tax
Definition: levy a tax on
Usage: The State taxes alcohol heavily; Clothing is not taxed in our state