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levied

[lev-ee]

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noun

an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.

the amount owed or collected.

the conscription of troops.

the troops conscripted.

verb (used with object)

to impose (a tax): to levy a duty on imports.

to conscript (troops).

to start or wage (war).

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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verb (used without object)

to seize or attach property by judicial order.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English leve(e) < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of lever to raise < Latin levāre, akin to levis light; compare levee²

Related forms

re·lev·y, verb (used with object), -lev·ied, -lev·y·ing.

self-lev·ied, adjective

un·lev·ied, adjective

Can be confused: levee, levy.

Synonyms
6. draft, enlist, callup.

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There are usually no charges levied for check collections and no foreign-exchange commissions.

Hollands see the small occasional fines levied against then as simply a cost of doing business.

Annual wealth taxes are levied each year as a fraction of the taxpayer's net worth.

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There are usually no charges levied for check collections and no foreign-exchange commissions.

Hollands see the small occasional fines levied against then as simply a cost of doing business.

Annual wealth taxes are levied each year as a fraction of the taxpayer's net worth.

Cameras snap license plates, and hefty fines are levied on those who venture into the city by motor vehicle without a permit.

It's convenient, to be sure, but a virtual tax is levied in download time.

Though they differ widely from state to state, the funds generally draw their revenue from fees levied on lawyers.

Conversely, the dismantling of special preferences has levied some high costs.

For electricity, the tax based on energy content would be levied at the point of consumption-at the plug, in other words.

Internationally, on delivery of bits and bytes, tax is being levied.

Some fees levied by loan servicers in foreclosure run afoul of state laws.

The regulators have levied a few million dollars' worth of fines over illegally felled trees and declared themselves satisfied.

Mann said, because taxes and fees are generally levied at the point of.

Taxes are levied at a flat rate on all distillers, irrespective of their size.

Other states have also levied taxes on illegal drugs, not to raise money but to provide another legal weapon against dealers.

At the same time the fines levied on convicted cartels started to increase, inducing more firms to come clean.

However, the rest of the paragraph represents the standard litany of charges levied against economic globalization.

The bank levied printing tax is levied on government too.

Roaming charges are levied in addition to normal long-distance calling charges and value-added taxes.

The government's approach to harmonising the sales taxes levied by state governments is to seek agreement to gradual change.

Worse than the level of tax, though, is the way in which it is levied.

But, the future remains to be seen about how logical future gas replacement taxes are levied.

The public sector borrows money to afford it, which means more regressive printing tax is levied on the poor.

But the whole idea of taxes being theft, especially when levied by a representative government, strikes me as being sophomoric.

Less than one-quarter knew that income tax could be levied on interest earned in a savings.

They also gain financially from taxes levied on merchants who do business at temple fairs.

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Word Origin & History

levy

1227, "act of raising or collecting," from Anglo-Fr. leve, from O.Fr. levée "act of raising," noun use of fem. pp. of lever "to raise" (see lever). Originally of taxes, later of men for armies (1500). The noun meaning "an act of levying" is from 1427.

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