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Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excise duty, duty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tax, levy
a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: excise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indirect tax
Narrower terms: sales tax, nuisance tax, VAT, value-added tax, ad valorem tax, gasoline tax
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
akcizë
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Bulgarian:
акци́з
(akcíz)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
消費稅 /消费税
(xiāofèishuì)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
特許權稅 /特许权税
(tèxǔquánshuì)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
貨物稅 /货物税
(huòwùshuì)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Chinese Mandarin:
國產稅 /国产税
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Czech:
spotřební daň
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Dutch:
accijns
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Finnish:
valmistevero
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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French:
droit d'accise
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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French:
accise
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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German:
Verbrauchssteuer
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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German:
Verbrauchsteuer
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Hebrew:
בְּלוֹ
(blo)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Hungarian:
jövedéki adó
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Indonesian:
cukai
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Italian:
accisa
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Japanese:
物品税
(buppinzei)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Japanese:
消費税
(shōhizei)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Macedonian:
акци́за
(akcíza)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Macedonian:
троша́рина
(trošárina)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Malay:
eksais
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Marathi:
उत्पादनशुल्क
(utpādanśulka)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Polish:
akcyza
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Portuguese:
imposto de consumo
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Russian:
акци́зный нало́г
(akcíznyj nalóg)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Russian:
акци́з
(akcíz)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Slovak:
spotrebná daň
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Spanish:
impuesto al consumo
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Swahili:
ushuru wa bidhaa
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Swedish:
accis
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Swedish:
punktskatt
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
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Tamil:
வரி
(vari)
— any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc.
