cess vs excise

cess

verb
  • To levy a cess. 

noun
  • Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success. 

  • An assessed tax, duty, or levy. 

  • The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage. 

excise

verb
  • To cut out; to remove. 

  • To impose an excise tax on something. 

noun
  • A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country). 

How often have the words cess and excise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )