excise¹ /ekˈsīz or -sīzˈ/

1. A tax on certain home commodities, and on licences for certain trades (also excise tax or excise duty)
2. The department in the civil service concerned with this tax

To subject to excise duty

excīsˈable adjective

Liable to excise duty

excise law noun (US)

A liquor law or licensing law

exˈciseman (or /-sīzˈ/) noun

An officer charged with collecting excise duty

excise² /ek-sīzˈ/

To cut off or out

excision /ek-sizhˈən/ noun

1. A cutting out or off of any kind
2. A complete removal, purging

excision repair noun

An enzymatic DNA repair process in which a mismatching DNA sequence is removed, the gap being filled by synthesis of a new sequence complementary to the remaining strand

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