excise

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
excise1 /ˈɛksʌɪz/

▶noun a tax levied on certain goods and commodities and on licences granted for certain activities. ▶verb (usu. as adj. excised) charge excise on (goods).

– origin C15: from MDu. excijs, accijs, perh. based on L. accensare ‘to tax’; rel. to census.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
excise2 /ɪkˈsʌɪz, ɛk-/

▶verb

• 1 cut out surgically.

• 2 remove (a section) from a text or piece of music.

– derivatives
excision noun,
excisional adjective.

– origin C16: from L. excis-, excidere ‘cut out’.