Definition of "excise tax" []

Any of various taxes levied on the production or sale of certain goods, especially on luxuries, tobacco, alcohol etc. (noun)

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Use "excise tax" in a sentence

"Armies were sent out against the Indians, and against the backcountry farmers of the Pennsylvania frontier whose refusal to pay the new federal excise tax gave rise to the Whiskey Rebellion."

Words like "excise tax"

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value-added tax

vat