a government tax on some goods made, sold or used within a country 国内货物税;消费税 new excise duties on low-alcohol drinks 低酒精饮料新的消费税 a sharp increase in vehicle excise 机动车消费税的剧增 an excise officer (= an official whose job is to collect excise) 国内消费税务官
Extra Examplesthe excise levied on beer and tobacco 啤酒烟草消费税 to increase the excise on whisky 增加威士忌消费税
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + excise- impose
- levy
- increase
- …
- duty
- tax
- licence
- …
- excise on
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the general sense ‘a tax or toll’): from Middle Dutch excijs, accijs, perhaps based on Latin accensare ‘to tax’, from ad- ‘to’ + census ‘tax’ (see census).