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Customs and Excise

noun [+ sing/pl verb]
 
 

Definition

the former name for the UK government department that collects taxes, especially on goods leaving or entering the countryGovernment departments and organizationsTaxation
(Definition of Customs and Excise noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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