#fiscal archaism

• Excise duty — An archaic and regional form of the term 'acciză' (excise duty); an indirect consumption tax historically levied on certain consumer or luxury goods, such as alcoholic beverages, tobacco, or mineral oils. In the historical administrative structure of the Romanian Principalities, collecting these dues represented an essential source of income for the state treasury, with the term being borrowed through Ottoman or Austro-Hungarian channels and adapted into popular speech.