nnoun.possessiona tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)Synset:excise tax
Derivationally Related Form:excise
Hypernyms:indirect tax
Inherited Hypernyms:exciseindirect taxtaxlevychargeliabilitiespossessionrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:VATad valorem taxgasoline taxnuisance taxsales taxvalue-added tax
Full Hyponyms:gasoline taxsales taxvat
vverb.contactremove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a lineSynset:expunge scratch strike
Examples:- Please strike this remark from the record
- scratch that remark
Derivationally Related Form:expunctionexpungingexcision
Hypernyms:cancel delete
Inherited Hypernyms:strikedeleteremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.possessionlevy an excise tax onDerivationally Related Form:excise
Hypernyms:tax
Inherited Hypernyms:excisetaxlevychargeaccount
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.changeremove by cuttingExamples:- The surgeon excised the tumor
Derivationally Related Form:excision
Hypernyms:cut out
Inherited Hypernyms:excisecut outextinguishdestroyunmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something