EXCISE

Excise

Brewers would receive the stamps in sheets, cut them into individual stamps, cancel them, and paste them over the bung of the beer barrel so when the barrel was tapped it would destroy the stamp.]]

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excise

Noun

  1. A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).

Verb

  1. To impose an excise tax on something.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To cut out; to remove.
  2. To perform certain types of female circumcision.


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