accijns

Dutch

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(file)
  • 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
  • zoutaccijns
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