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Words To Go is a blog for folks looking to expand and improve their everyday vocabulary.  Each day, three new words will be featured with their definitions and examples of their use.

Make a commitment to use the words both conversationally and in the written word. 

Word For Today:  January 8, 2012

Filtrate

Sustain

Excise

Filtrate

To filter.

Liquid that has been passed through a filter.

Filter, filter out, separate out, strain

Could you make sure that we filtrate that water before placing it in the container? 

Sustain

To support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure

To bear a burden, charge.

To undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.

To keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.

To keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation.

It is important to recognize that the only way we can sustain this organization is through effective communication and marketing. 

Excise

An internal tax or duty on certain commodities, as liquor or tobacco, levied on their manufacture, sale, or consumption within the country.

A tax levied for a license to carry on certain employments, pursue certain sports, etc.

To impose an excise on.

I believe purchasing that product will include an excise tax.