Excise

/ɪkˈsaɪz/ verb

To remove by cutting out, especially surgically or from a text. As a noun, refers to a tax on goods produced or sold within a country.

From Latin 'excidere' meaning 'to cut out,' from 'ex-' (out) and 'caedere' (to cut). The tax meaning developed in the 17th century from the idea of 'cutting out' a portion for the government.

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