Excise officer
Definition
A historical public official, tax agent, or collector specifically in charge of gathering excise duties, supervising warehouses of goods subject to consumption taxes, and applying state seals to excisable products. The role disappeared with modern tax systems.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Excise officer
- Tax collector
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Masculine noun adjusting systematically across standard singular, definite, and plural boundaries. |
| Formation | Morphological professional derivation engineered within Romanian fiscal vocabulary, linking excise roots with the suffix '-ar'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ak.t͡ʃi.ˈzar] |
| Source | Glossary of Archaic Civil Service Occupations and Early Tax Enforcement Records |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Un accizar vigilent păzea porțile depozitului de băuturi spirtoase pentru a opri contrabanda.
EN: A vigilant excise officer guarded the gates of the spirits warehouse to stop smuggling.
RO: Negustorul a fost obligat de un accizar local să prezinte documentele de proveniență ale tutunului.
EN: The merchant was forced by a local excise collector to present the provenance documents for the tobacco.
RO: În arhivele primăriei din 1910 a fost găsită o listă cu salariile primite de fiecare accizar din județ.
EN: In the 1910 town hall archives, a list containing the salaries received by every local excise officer was found.
Idioms & Phrases
Registru de accizar / Excise book / collector ledger
RO: Condică oficială în care perceptorul fiscal nota cantitățile de mărfuri intrate în oraș și taxele încasate.
EN: An official ledger where the tax collector noted the quantities of goods entering the town and the duties collected.
Uniformă de accizar / Excise officer uniform / official attire
RO: Îmbrăcăminte specifică purtată de agenții fiscali ai statului pentru a fi recunoscuți cu ușurință în piețe.
EN: Specific clothing worn by state tax agents to be easily recognized within marketplaces.
Atribuție de accizar / Excise duty task / collector mandate
RO: Dreptul legal conferit unui funcționar de a inspecta mărfurile și de a confisca bunurile netaxate.
EN: The legal right granted to an official to inspect merchandise and confiscate untaxed goods.
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