accijns

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accijns

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Alternative forms

• accijs (obsolete)
• accijse (obsolete)
• axcijns (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French acceis (“tax, assessment”) (whence modern French accise), from Vulgar Latin *accensum, ultimately from ad + census (“tax, census”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑkˈsɛɪns/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ac‧cijns

Noun

accijns m (plural accijnzen, diminutive accijnsje n)

1. excise tax; a tax on certain goods including alcohol, tobacco, and flammable materials

Derived terms

• accijnshuis
• accijnskantoor
• accijnsmeester
• alcoholaccijns
• bieraccijns
• tabaksaccijns
• turfaccijns
• veraccijnzen
• zoutaccijns

Related terms

• census
• cijns

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: akseins