Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.
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Excise
//əkˈsaɪz//
Synonyms for "excise" (183 found)
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knock offlanceland taxliquor taxlocal taxlopluxury taxminemutilatenipnuisance taxparepeelpersonal property taxpick outpluckpluck outpluck uppollpoll tax
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property taxproperty-increment taxprotective tariffprovincial taxprunepullpull outpull upquarryrake outrateratesremoverendrevenue tariffrip outriveroot outroot uprule outsales taxsalt taxsawschool taxscissorset apartset asideseverseverance taxshaveshearslashsliceslitsnipspecific dutysplitstamp outstate taxstrikestrike offstrike outstripstrip offsundertake offtake outtarifftariff dutytaxteartear outtelephone taxtolltributetruncateunearthunraveluprootuse taxvalue added taxvatweed outwhittlewindow taxwipe outwithdrawwrestwrest out
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15 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- изрязвам verb (to cut out, to remove)
Czech
2 entries- (vy)preparovat verb (to cut out, to remove)
- vyříznout verb (to cut out, to remove)
Danish
1 entries- bortskære verb (to cut out, to remove)
Finnish
2 entries- leikata verb (to cut out, to remove)
- poistaa verb (to cut out, to remove)
Galician
1 entries- esguizar verb (to cut out, to remove)
German
3 entries- ausschneiden verb (to cut out, to remove)
- exzidieren verb (to cut out, to remove)
- herausschneiden verb (to cut out, to remove)
Greek
1 entries- εκτέμνω verb (to cut out, to remove)
Russian
1 entries- вырезать verb (to cut out, to remove)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ви́різати verb (to cut out, to remove)
- вирі́зувати verb (to cut out, to remove)
- виріза́ти verb (to cut out, to remove)
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1755, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, "excise", A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
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1787, Constitution of the United States of America, Article I, Section 8, The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts […] of the United States;
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[T]hey [warts] may be lifted up with the forceps, and excised with a knife or scissors, and the wound touched with nitrate of silver.
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