excise

nouns

a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

excise, excise tax

remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

"Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark"

excise, expunge, scratch, strike

is derived from

levy an excise tax on

excise

is a type of (narrower)

levy a tax on

"The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state"

remove by cutting

"The surgeon excised the tumor"

excise

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

delete or remove

"Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article"