Tribute vs Excise - What's the difference?
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An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
* Gray
A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
Extortion; protection money.
A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
(mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
To pay as tribute.
A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
* 1668 July 3rd, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
* 1755, , A Dictionary of the English Language , "excise",
* 1787, ,
To impose an excise tax on something.
To cut out; to remove.
* 1846 , William Youatt, The Dog ,
* 1901, , Preface to the second edition of Myth, Ritual, and Religion ,
* 1987 , , page 442 of Small Sacrifices ,
(rare) To perform certain types of female circumcision.
Tribute is a related term of excise.
As verbs the difference between tribute and excise
is that tribute is while excise is .tribute
English
(wikipedia tribute)Noun
(en noun)- Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.
- the passing tribute of a sigh
- The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute .
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Synonyms
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) excijs, altered under the influence of Latin .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia excise) (en noun)page 547
- Andrew Hou?toun'' and ''Adam Mu?het'', being Tack?men of the Excize , did Imploy ''Thomas Rue'' to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound ''Sterling for a year.
- A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom Excise is paid.
- The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises , to pay the debts of the United States;
Synonyms
* excise taxDerived terms
* central excise * excise house * exciseman * unexcisedVerb
(en-verb)Etymology 2
From (etyl) exciser, from (etyl) excisus, past participle of .Verb
(en-verb)- [T]hey [warts] may be lifted up with the forceps, and excised with a knife or scissors, and the wound touched with nitrate of silver.
- In revising the book I have excised certain passages which, as the book first appeared, were inconsistent with its main thesis.
- Insanity]] can be cured. Personality disorders are so [[inextricable, inextricably entwined with the heart and mind and soul that it is well-nigh impossible to excise them.
