Excise duty
Definition
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.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Excise duty
- Consumption levy
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Masculine noun, articulated: acsizul, plural variations: acsize / acsizuri. |
| Formation | Popular phonetic variant derived from German 'Akzise' or Ottoman Turkish 'aksuz', adapted into the local administrative vocabulary. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ak.ˈsiz] |
| Source | Lexicon of Historical Financial Systems and Balkan Etymology |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Negustorii care treceau granița erau obligați să plătească un acsiz substanțial pentru butoaiele cu vin.
EN: The merchants crossing the border were obliged to pay a substantial excise duty for the wine barrels.
RO: Vornicia a emis un nou hrisov prin care se reglementa modul în care acest acsiz era strâns de la cârciumari.
EN: The internal chancellery issued a new decree regulating how this excise tax was collected from tavern keepers.
RO: Din cauza unui acsiz prea mare, mulți localnici au început să producă tutun în mod clandestin.
EN: Due to an excessively high consumption levy, many locals began to produce tobacco clandestinely.
Idioms & Phrases
Plata unui acsiz / Payment of an excise
RO: Achitarea dării obligatorii către agenții fiscali ai domnitorului înainte de comercializarea mărfurilor.
EN: Paying the mandatory tax to the ruler's fiscal agents prior to the commercialization of goods.
Mărfuri supuse la acsiz / Goods subject to excise
RO: Categorie specială de produse (alcool, tutun, mirodenii) monitorizate strict de autoritățile vamale vechi.
EN: A special category of products (alcohol, tobacco, spices) strictly monitored by old customs authorities.
Acsiz domnesc / Princely excise duty
RO: Taxă centralizată al cărei profit mergea direct în vistieria Curții Domnești pentru finanțarea armatei.
EN: A centralized levy whose profit went directly into the Royal Court's treasury to finance the army.
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