Definition of levy in English:

levy

verblevied, levying, levies ˈlɛviˈlɛvi

[with object]

1Impose (a tax, fee, or fine)
征收（税，费，罚款）
a tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes
Example sentencesExamples
- Some taxing authorities levy penalties that can equal as much as 30 percent of the amount owed.
- Australian governments levy a number of taxes and charges on road transportation.
- Different payments were levied according to how many windows a property had.
- James Madison in 1784 opposed an attempt by the Virginia legislature to levy a tax to support religious education.
- Brown also rejected calls to levy a windfall tax on the oil companies, which have announced significantly increased profits in the last month.
- The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids.
- As with every other fine levied by courts, penalties go to the Treasury.
- The 3 per cent initial charge is levied only on the sum invested by the investor.
- The company also levies an initial connection fee of 10p on all calls.
- They reduce rates levied on ordinary income, with the largest rate cut going to the wealthiest taxpayers.
- The tax is now levied only on estates valued over $675,000, an exemption due to rise under current law to $1 million by 2006.
- Taxes are levied on the basis of income and property.
- Many other European Union countries levy no tax on share transactions.
- The duty is levied by the government on flights leaving any UK airport.
- Government officials stole relief money assigned to rebuild ruined rice terraces and then local authorities attempted to levy a tax on villagers.
- The Virginia legislature proposed to levy a tax to support religious education, but individuals were free to choose which church was to receive the money.
- Stamp duty on all residential investment property is now levied at 9 per cent.
- The Green Party wants to levy a windfall tax on land when it is zoned for development.
- The evaluation also found that schools across the country levied significantly different fees.
- Inheritance tax is levied only on the estate, not on the recipients of any exempt gifts.
Synonyms
impose, charge, exact, demand, raise, collect, gather
1. 1.1 Impose a tax, fee, or fine on.
  征收（税，费，罚款）
  there will be powers to levy the owner
  将会有向该业主征税的职权。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He said the Department of Environment had first to approve these designations before the Council can levy the owners of derelict sites.
  An earlier idea he raised to levy motorists had met with severe criticism.
  Synonyms
  impose, charge, exact, demand, raise, collect, gather
2. 1.2levy on/uponno object Seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgement.
  扣押财产（以执行判决）
  there were no goods to levy upon
  没有什么值得扣押的物品。
  Example sentencesExamples
  One option open to it, he said, was to move against the organisation as a body corporate and levy upon the Mucurapo Road property.
2archaic Enlist (someone) for military service.
〈古〉征兵
he sought to levy one man from each vill for service
他设法从每个村子征一个兵。
Example sentencesExamples
- Altogether, 42,500 troops were levied for service in Ireland during the War, representing perhaps 19 per cent of available manpower in England and Wales.
Synonyms
conscript, call up, enlist, mobilize, rally, muster, marshal, press, recruit, raise, assemble, round up
1. 2.1 Begin to wage (war)
  发动（战争）
  they then proceeded without further ceremony to levy war upon the king
  Example sentencesExamples
  Patrice Ford and Jeffrey Battle pled guilty today to charges of conspiring to levy war against the United States.

nounPlural levies ˈlɛviˈlɛvi

1An act of levying a tax, fee, or fine.
向…征收税（或费、罚款）
police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates
警察部队的资金49％来自地方政府所征收的企业地价税。
Example sentencesExamples
- Peresson described the new tax as ‘a joke’ because, he claimed, many bags used by shoppers were the lower quality bags for food and these were exempt from the levy.
- The MPSC program is funded by a two-cent levy on sealed beverage containers and the money generated through the levy is used as support payments to municipalities.
- In effect, the bookies would face a levy on profits to help those who are damaged by betting.
- Cowman said the levy would have a disproportionate effect on independent brokers, compared to bigger players such as banks who could build these costs into their charges to consumers.
- Tesco alone has said it expects the new levy to reduce bag use by 88 million.
- The levy on other blank media, however, remains intact.
- They are fiercely against a levy on plastic bags, even though a levy in Ireland saw a 90 per cent reduction in bags over six months.
- These steps, ranging from the types of projects to be financed by the levy to the management of resources collected, were to be locally defined by the municipal councils.
Synonyms
tax, tariff, toll, excise, duty, fee, imposition, impost, exaction, assessment, tithe, payment
rare mulct
(levies), taxation, customs, dues
1. 1.1 A tax raised by levying.
  we all pay a fossil fuel levy in our electricity bills
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is a levy assessed in an unwritten manner and generally executed with precision in order to diminish the offender and enrich the supplier.
  We have seen accident compensation levies increase in other areas.
  The planning authority said the levy was imposed because public funding for these works will not be available.
  New levies were imposed on cigarettes, wine and beer.
  Basson explained that fuel levies are collected by the major oil companies in the country.
  He will not be there to help the businessman pay his new, increased insurance levies.
  The cost of these works would have been partially offset by development levies collected in the area.
  Governments at settlement sites could collect a tiny levy from all foreign exchange transactions.
  Brown chose to include consideration of the incidence of import and export levies or tariffs in his text.
  In the Government's view, the only practical and equitable solution is to increase the petrol levy.
  Owners should also be prepared for the possibility of a levy being charged.
  The Government is introducing a 12p levy on plastic shopping bags from February.
  All revenue from the increased fuel excise levy will be used to fund land transport initiatives.
  A proposal to introduce a levy on plastic bags will be introduced into Federal Parliament this week.
  City employees, in collaboration with hoodlums, have been imposing illegal levies on street vendors.
  The levy of 30% on cattle exported on the hoof, on the other hand, is aimed at discouraging the export of live animals from the country.
  Part 2 proposes the increased accident compensation levy.
  He called on the government to appoint a regulator to monitor the introduction of all development levies proposed.
  Environmental groups said a plastic bag levy would change attitudes to waste disposal across Scotland.
  The Government has announced that it will increase the accident compensation levy for vets next year.
  Synonyms
  tax, tariff, excise, toll, fee, imposition, impost, exaction, tithe, payment, rate
2. 1.2 A sum collected as a supplement to an existing subscription.
  （用于特别用途，尤指现存认购额以外的）征收款
  the trade-union political levy
  工会政治征收款。
  Example sentencesExamples
  One woman said that she was ‘constantly having to argue against people’ saying that they wanted to pull out of the political levy.
  He added that the strikers did not believe that the council had no money to pay them, since it was collecting rates and levies.
  A large number were trade union members paying the political levy to the Labour Party, and there were many individual Labour Party members as well.
  This means organising workplace collections and levies, taking strikers round meetings and workplaces in every town and city, organising delegations to demonstrations or to visit picket lines.
  Some £800 was raised for our hardship fund, with promises of more to come through levies and workplace collections.
  Institutions will face crippling fines of $100 per student if they collect levies or charges that in any way finance student unions, associations, clubs or services.
  There are tens of thousands of our union members paying the political levy while the party that it funds is preparing to condemn them to the dole queue.
  Synonyms
  imposition, charging, exaction, raising, collection, gathering
3. 1.3 An item or items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgement.
  扣押财产（以执行判决）
2historical An act of enlisting troops.
〈史〉征兵
Edward I and Edward II had made substantial use of the feudal levy for raising an army
Example sentencesExamples
- The immediate cause of rebellion was a national levy of 300,000 conscripts in March 1793.
- The fyrd was raised by selective recruitment, rather than a general levy, usually drawing one man for every five hides of land.
1. 2.1usually levies A body of troops that have been enlisted.
  所征来的军队
  lightly armed local levies
  配备了轻武器的地方应征部队。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Traditionally the Afghan governments relied on three military institutions: the regular army, tribal levies, and community militias.
  The mass of the British armies was the levies, summoned from the farms.
  Rather than respond to Vikings with ad hoc levies of his local noblemen which were disbanded when the crisis had passed, the West Saxons would now always have a force in the field.
  He accomplished this largely with local levies and displayed Roman power to the eastern kingdoms, including (for the first time) Parthia.
  They had been three times beaten back from the breached walls of Changsha by similar gentry-led local levies.
  Synonyms
  conscripts, militia

Derivatives

leviable

adjective ˈlɛvɪəb(ə)lˈlɛviəb(ə)l

The customs duties leviable on goods destined for the interior shall be collected at the port of entry and handed over to the administration of the area of destination.
Example sentencesExamples
- The policy would also be required to cover all aspects of operations of deposit accounts, charges leviable and other related issues to facilitate interaction of depositors at branch levels.

Origin

Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever 'raise', from Latin levare, from levis 'light'.

Rhymes

bevvy, bevy, Chevy, heavy, levee, Levi, top-heavy

Definition of levy in US English:

levy

verbˈlɛviˈlevē

[with object]

1Impose (a tax, fee, or fine)
征收（税，费，罚款）
a new tax could be levied on industry to pay for cleaning up contaminated land
为了偿付清理受污染土地所支出的费用，可能会向工业部门征收新税。
Example sentencesExamples
- Government officials stole relief money assigned to rebuild ruined rice terraces and then local authorities attempted to levy a tax on villagers.
- Many other European Union countries levy no tax on share transactions.
- Inheritance tax is levied only on the estate, not on the recipients of any exempt gifts.
- The 3 per cent initial charge is levied only on the sum invested by the investor.
- The tax is now levied only on estates valued over $675,000, an exemption due to rise under current law to $1 million by 2006.
- Some taxing authorities levy penalties that can equal as much as 30 percent of the amount owed.
- Taxes are levied on the basis of income and property.
- The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids.
- Stamp duty on all residential investment property is now levied at 9 per cent.
- The evaluation also found that schools across the country levied significantly different fees.
- Australian governments levy a number of taxes and charges on road transportation.
- Brown also rejected calls to levy a windfall tax on the oil companies, which have announced significantly increased profits in the last month.
- James Madison in 1784 opposed an attempt by the Virginia legislature to levy a tax to support religious education.
- The Green Party wants to levy a windfall tax on land when it is zoned for development.
- The Virginia legislature proposed to levy a tax to support religious education, but individuals were free to choose which church was to receive the money.
- The duty is levied by the government on flights leaving any UK airport.
- The company also levies an initial connection fee of 10p on all calls.
- Different payments were levied according to how many windows a property had.
- As with every other fine levied by courts, penalties go to the Treasury.
- They reduce rates levied on ordinary income, with the largest rate cut going to the wealthiest taxpayers.
Synonyms
impose, charge, exact, demand, raise, collect, gather
1. 1.1 Impose a tax, fee, or fine on.
  征收（税，费，罚款）
  there will be powers to levy the owner
  将会有向该业主征税的职权。
  Example sentencesExamples
  An earlier idea he raised to levy motorists had met with severe criticism.
  He said the Department of Environment had first to approve these designations before the Council can levy the owners of derelict sites.
  Synonyms
  impose, charge, exact, demand, raise, collect, gather
2. 1.2levy on/uponno object Seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgment.
  扣押财产（以执行判决）
  there were no goods to levy upon
  没有什么值得扣押的物品。
  Example sentencesExamples
  One option open to it, he said, was to move against the organisation as a body corporate and levy upon the Mucurapo Road property.
2archaic Enlist (someone) for military service.
〈古〉征兵
he sought to levy one man from each parish for service
他设法从每个村子征一个兵。
Example sentencesExamples
- Altogether, 42,500 troops were levied for service in Ireland during the War, representing perhaps 19 per cent of available manpower in England and Wales.
Synonyms
conscript, call up, enlist, mobilize, rally, muster, marshal, press, recruit, raise, assemble, round up
1. 2.1 Begin to wage (war).
  发动（战争）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Patrice Ford and Jeffrey Battle pled guilty today to charges of conspiring to levy war against the United States.

nounˈlɛviˈlevē

1An act of levying a tax, fee, or fine.
向…征收税（或费、罚款）
union members were hit with a 2 percent levy on all pay
Example sentencesExamples
- The levy on other blank media, however, remains intact.
- Cowman said the levy would have a disproportionate effect on independent brokers, compared to bigger players such as banks who could build these costs into their charges to consumers.
- In effect, the bookies would face a levy on profits to help those who are damaged by betting.
- These steps, ranging from the types of projects to be financed by the levy to the management of resources collected, were to be locally defined by the municipal councils.
- They are fiercely against a levy on plastic bags, even though a levy in Ireland saw a 90 per cent reduction in bags over six months.
- Tesco alone has said it expects the new levy to reduce bag use by 88 million.
- The MPSC program is funded by a two-cent levy on sealed beverage containers and the money generated through the levy is used as support payments to municipalities.
- Peresson described the new tax as ‘a joke’ because, he claimed, many bags used by shoppers were the lower quality bags for food and these were exempt from the levy.
Synonyms
tax, tariff, toll, excise, duty, fee, imposition, impost, exaction, assessment, tithe, payment
1. 1.1 A tax so raised.
  征得的税
  Example sentencesExamples
  Basson explained that fuel levies are collected by the major oil companies in the country.
  The Government has announced that it will increase the accident compensation levy for vets next year.
  He called on the government to appoint a regulator to monitor the introduction of all development levies proposed.
  In the Government's view, the only practical and equitable solution is to increase the petrol levy.
  The levy of 30% on cattle exported on the hoof, on the other hand, is aimed at discouraging the export of live animals from the country.
  The planning authority said the levy was imposed because public funding for these works will not be available.
  The cost of these works would have been partially offset by development levies collected in the area.
  The Government is introducing a 12p levy on plastic shopping bags from February.
  A proposal to introduce a levy on plastic bags will be introduced into Federal Parliament this week.
  We have seen accident compensation levies increase in other areas.
  Part 2 proposes the increased accident compensation levy.
  New levies were imposed on cigarettes, wine and beer.
  City employees, in collaboration with hoodlums, have been imposing illegal levies on street vendors.
  All revenue from the increased fuel excise levy will be used to fund land transport initiatives.
  Environmental groups said a plastic bag levy would change attitudes to waste disposal across Scotland.
  Brown chose to include consideration of the incidence of import and export levies or tariffs in his text.
  Owners should also be prepared for the possibility of a levy being charged.
  He will not be there to help the businessman pay his new, increased insurance levies.
  It is a levy assessed in an unwritten manner and generally executed with precision in order to diminish the offender and enrich the supplier.
  Governments at settlement sites could collect a tiny levy from all foreign exchange transactions.
  Synonyms
  tax, tariff, excise, toll, fee, imposition, impost, exaction, tithe, payment, rate
2. 1.2 A sum collected for a specific purpose, especially as a supplement to an existing subscription.
  （用于特别用途，尤指现存认购额以外的）征收款
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are tens of thousands of our union members paying the political levy while the party that it funds is preparing to condemn them to the dole queue.
  Some £800 was raised for our hardship fund, with promises of more to come through levies and workplace collections.
  He added that the strikers did not believe that the council had no money to pay them, since it was collecting rates and levies.
  A large number were trade union members paying the political levy to the Labour Party, and there were many individual Labour Party members as well.
  One woman said that she was ‘constantly having to argue against people’ saying that they wanted to pull out of the political levy.
  This means organising workplace collections and levies, taking strikers round meetings and workplaces in every town and city, organising delegations to demonstrations or to visit picket lines.
  Institutions will face crippling fines of $100 per student if they collect levies or charges that in any way finance student unions, associations, clubs or services.
  Synonyms
  imposition, charging, exaction, raising, collection, gathering
3. 1.3 An item or set of items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgment.
  扣押财产（以执行判决）
2historical An act of enlisting troops.
〈史〉征兵
Example sentencesExamples
- The fyrd was raised by selective recruitment, rather than a general levy, usually drawing one man for every five hides of land.
- The immediate cause of rebellion was a national levy of 300,000 conscripts in March 1793.
1. 2.1usually levies A body of troops that have been enlisted.
  所征来的军队
  lightly armed local levies
  配备了轻武器的地方应征部队。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He accomplished this largely with local levies and displayed Roman power to the eastern kingdoms, including (for the first time) Parthia.
  Traditionally the Afghan governments relied on three military institutions: the regular army, tribal levies, and community militias.
  They had been three times beaten back from the breached walls of Changsha by similar gentry-led local levies.
  Rather than respond to Vikings with ad hoc levies of his local noblemen which were disbanded when the crisis had passed, the West Saxons would now always have a force in the field.
  The mass of the British armies was the levies, summoned from the farms.
  Synonyms
  conscripts, militia

Origin

Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever ‘raise’, from Latin levare, from levis ‘light’.

单词	levy
释义	Definition of levy in English: levy verblevied, levying, levies ˈlɛviˈlɛvi [with object] 1Impose (a tax, fee, or fine) 征收（税，费，罚款） a tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes Example sentencesExamples Some taxing authorities levy penalties that can equal as much as 30 percent of the amount owed. Australian governments levy a number of taxes and charges on road transportation. Different payments were levied according to how many windows a property had. James Madison in 1784 opposed an attempt by the Virginia legislature to levy a tax to support religious education. Brown also rejected calls to levy a windfall tax on the oil companies, which have announced significantly increased profits in the last month. The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids. As with every other fine levied by courts, penalties go to the Treasury. The 3 per cent initial charge is levied only on the sum invested by the investor. The company also levies an initial connection fee of 10p on all calls. They reduce rates levied on ordinary income, with the largest rate cut going to the wealthiest taxpayers. The tax is now levied only on estates valued over $675,000, an exemption due to rise under current law to $1 million by 2006. Taxes are levied on the basis of income and property. Many other European Union countries levy no tax on share transactions. The duty is levied by the government on flights leaving any UK airport. Government officials stole relief money assigned to rebuild ruined rice terraces and then local authorities attempted to levy a tax on villagers. The Virginia legislature proposed to levy a tax to support religious education, but individuals were free to choose which church was to receive the money. Stamp duty on all residential investment property is now levied at 9 per cent. The Green Party wants to levy a windfall tax on land when it is zoned for development. The evaluation also found that schools across the country levied significantly different fees. Inheritance tax is levied only on the estate, not on the recipients of any exempt gifts. Synonyms impose, charge, exact, demand, raise, collect, gather 1.1 Impose a tax, fee, or fine on. 征收（税，费，罚款） there will be powers to levy the owner 将会有向该业主征税的职权。 Example sentencesExamples He said the Department of Environment had first to approve these designations before the Council can levy the owners of derelict sites. An earlier idea he raised to levy motorists had met with severe criticism. Synonyms impose, charge, exact, demand, raise, collect, gather 1.2levy on/uponno object Seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgement. 扣押财产（以执行判决） there were no goods to levy upon 没有什么值得扣押的物品。 Example sentencesExamples One option open to it, he said, was to move against the organisation as a body corporate and levy upon the Mucurapo Road property. 2archaic Enlist (someone) for military service. 〈古〉征兵 he sought to levy one man from each vill for service 他设法从每个村子征一个兵。 Example sentencesExamples Altogether, 42,500 troops were levied for service in Ireland during the War, representing perhaps 19 per cent of available manpower in England and Wales. Synonyms conscript, call up, enlist, mobilize, rally, muster, marshal, press, recruit, raise, assemble, round up 2.1 Begin to wage (war) 发动（战争） they then proceeded without further ceremony to levy war upon the king Example sentencesExamples Patrice Ford and Jeffrey Battle pled guilty today to charges of conspiring to levy war against the United States. nounPlural levies ˈlɛviˈlɛvi 1An act of levying a tax, fee, or fine. 向…征收税（或费、罚款） police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates 警察部队的资金49％来自地方政府所征收的企业地价税。 Example sentencesExamples Peresson described the new tax as ‘a joke’ because, he claimed, many bags used by shoppers were the lower quality bags for food and these were exempt from the levy. The MPSC program is funded by a two-cent levy on sealed beverage containers and the money generated through the levy is used as support payments to municipalities. In effect, the bookies would face a levy on profits to help those who are damaged by betting. Cowman said the levy would have a disproportionate effect on independent brokers, compared to bigger players such as banks who could build these costs into their charges to consumers. Tesco alone has said it expects the new levy to reduce bag use by 88 million. The levy on other blank media, however, remains intact. They are fiercely against a levy on plastic bags, even though a levy in Ireland saw a 90 per cent reduction in bags over six months. These steps, ranging from the types of projects to be financed by the levy to the management of resources collected, were to be locally defined by the municipal councils. Synonyms tax, tariff, toll, excise, duty, fee, imposition, impost, exaction, assessment, tithe, payment rare mulct (levies), taxation, customs, dues 1.1 A tax raised by levying. we all pay a fossil fuel levy in our electricity bills Example sentencesExamples It is a levy assessed in an unwritten manner and generally executed with precision in order to diminish the offender and enrich the supplier. We have seen accident compensation levies increase in other areas. The planning authority said the levy was imposed because public funding for these works will not be available. New levies were imposed on cigarettes, wine and beer. Basson explained that fuel levies are collected by the major oil companies in the country. He will not be there to help the businessman pay his new, increased insurance levies. The cost of these works would have been partially offset by development levies collected in the area. Governments at settlement sites could collect a tiny levy from all foreign exchange transactions. Brown chose to include consideration of the incidence of import and export levies or tariffs in his text. In the Government's view, the only practical and equitable solution is to increase the petrol levy. Owners should also be prepared for the possibility of a levy being charged. The Government is introducing a 12p levy on plastic shopping bags from February. All revenue from the increased fuel excise levy will be used to fund land transport initiatives. A proposal to introduce a levy on plastic bags will be introduced into Federal Parliament this week. City employees, in collaboration with hoodlums, have been imposing illegal levies on street vendors. The levy of 30% on cattle exported on the hoof, on the other hand, is aimed at discouraging the export of live animals from the country. Part 2 proposes the increased accident compensation levy. He called on the government to appoint a regulator to monitor the introduction of all development levies proposed. Environmental groups said a plastic bag levy would change attitudes to waste disposal across Scotland. The Government has announced that it will increase the accident compensation levy for vets next year. Synonyms tax, tariff, excise, toll, fee, imposition, impost, exaction, tithe, payment, rate 1.2 A sum collected as a supplement to an existing subscription. （用于特别用途，尤指现存认购额以外的）征收款 the trade-union political levy 工会政治征收款。 Example sentencesExamples One woman said that she was ‘constantly having to argue against people’ saying that they wanted to pull out of the political levy. He added that the strikers did not believe that the council had no money to pay them, since it was collecting rates and levies. A large number were trade union members paying the political levy to the Labour Party, and there were many individual Labour Party members as well. This means organising workplace collections and levies, taking strikers round meetings and workplaces in every town and city, organising delegations to demonstrations or to visit picket lines. Some £800 was raised for our hardship fund, with promises of more to come through levies and workplace collections. Institutions will face crippling fines of $100 per student if they collect levies or charges that in any way finance student unions, associations, clubs or services. There are tens of thousands of our union members paying the political levy while the party that it funds is preparing to condemn them to the dole queue. Synonyms imposition, charging, exaction, raising, collection, gathering 1.3 An item or items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgement. 扣押财产（以执行判决） 2historical An act of enlisting troops. 〈史〉征兵 Edward I and Edward II had made substantial use of the feudal levy for raising an army Example sentencesExamples The immediate cause of rebellion was a national levy of 300,000 conscripts in March 1793. The fyrd was raised by selective recruitment, rather than a general levy, usually drawing one man for every five hides of land. 2.1usually levies A body of troops that have been enlisted. 所征来的军队 lightly armed local levies 配备了轻武器的地方应征部队。 Example sentencesExamples Traditionally the Afghan governments relied on three military institutions: the regular army, tribal levies, and community militias. The mass of the British armies was the levies, summoned from the farms. Rather than respond to Vikings with ad hoc levies of his local noblemen which were disbanded when the crisis had passed, the West Saxons would now always have a force in the field. He accomplished this largely with local levies and displayed Roman power to the eastern kingdoms, including (for the first time) Parthia. They had been three times beaten back from the breached walls of Changsha by similar gentry-led local levies. Synonyms conscripts, militia Derivatives leviable adjective ˈlɛvɪəb(ə)lˈlɛviəb(ə)l The customs duties leviable on goods destined for the interior shall be collected at the port of entry and handed over to the administration of the area of destination. Example sentencesExamples The policy would also be required to cover all aspects of operations of deposit accounts, charges leviable and other related issues to facilitate interaction of depositors at branch levels. Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever 'raise', from Latin levare, from levis 'light'. Rhymes bevvy, bevy, Chevy, heavy, levee, Levi, top-heavy Definition of levy in US English: levy verbˈlɛviˈlevē [with object] 1Impose (a tax, fee, or fine) 征收（税，费，罚款） a new tax could be levied on industry to pay for cleaning up contaminated land 为了偿付清理受污染土地所支出的费用，可能会向工业部门征收新税。 Example sentencesExamples Government officials stole relief money assigned to rebuild ruined rice terraces and then local authorities attempted to levy a tax on villagers. Many other European Union countries levy no tax on share transactions. Inheritance tax is levied only on the estate, not on the recipients of any exempt gifts. The 3 per cent initial charge is levied only on the sum invested by the investor. The tax is now levied only on estates valued over $675,000, an exemption due to rise under current law to $1 million by 2006. Some taxing authorities levy penalties that can equal as much as 30 percent of the amount owed. Taxes are levied on the basis of income and property. The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids. Stamp duty on all residential investment property is now levied at 9 per cent. The evaluation also found that schools across the country levied significantly different fees. Australian governments levy a number of taxes and charges on road transportation. Brown also rejected calls to levy a windfall tax on the oil companies, which have announced significantly increased profits in the last month. James Madison in 1784 opposed an attempt by the Virginia legislature to levy a tax to support religious education. The Green Party wants to levy a windfall tax on land when it is zoned for development. The Virginia legislature proposed to levy a tax to support religious education, but individuals were free to choose which church was to receive the money. The duty is levied by the government on flights leaving any UK airport. The company also levies an initial connection fee of 10p on all calls. Different payments were levied according to how many windows a property had. As with every other fine levied by courts, penalties go to the Treasury. They reduce rates levied on ordinary income, with the largest rate cut going to the wealthiest taxpayers. Synonyms impose, charge, exact, demand, raise, collect, gather 1.1 Impose a tax, fee, or fine on. 征收（税，费，罚款） there will be powers to levy the owner 将会有向该业主征税的职权。 Example sentencesExamples An earlier idea he raised to levy motorists had met with severe criticism. He said the Department of Environment had first to approve these designations before the Council can levy the owners of derelict sites. Synonyms impose, charge, exact, demand, raise, collect, gather 1.2levy on/uponno object Seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgment. 扣押财产（以执行判决） there were no goods to levy upon 没有什么值得扣押的物品。 Example sentencesExamples One option open to it, he said, was to move against the organisation as a body corporate and levy upon the Mucurapo Road property. 2archaic Enlist (someone) for military service. 〈古〉征兵 he sought to levy one man from each parish for service 他设法从每个村子征一个兵。 Example sentencesExamples Altogether, 42,500 troops were levied for service in Ireland during the War, representing perhaps 19 per cent of available manpower in England and Wales. Synonyms conscript, call up, enlist, mobilize, rally, muster, marshal, press, recruit, raise, assemble, round up 2.1 Begin to wage (war). 发动（战争） Example sentencesExamples Patrice Ford and Jeffrey Battle pled guilty today to charges of conspiring to levy war against the United States. nounˈlɛviˈlevē 1An act of levying a tax, fee, or fine. 向…征收税（或费、罚款） union members were hit with a 2 percent levy on all pay Example sentencesExamples The levy on other blank media, however, remains intact. Cowman said the levy would have a disproportionate effect on independent brokers, compared to bigger players such as banks who could build these costs into their charges to consumers. In effect, the bookies would face a levy on profits to help those who are damaged by betting. These steps, ranging from the types of projects to be financed by the levy to the management of resources collected, were to be locally defined by the municipal councils. They are fiercely against a levy on plastic bags, even though a levy in Ireland saw a 90 per cent reduction in bags over six months. Tesco alone has said it expects the new levy to reduce bag use by 88 million. The MPSC program is funded by a two-cent levy on sealed beverage containers and the money generated through the levy is used as support payments to municipalities. Peresson described the new tax as ‘a joke’ because, he claimed, many bags used by shoppers were the lower quality bags for food and these were exempt from the levy. Synonyms tax, tariff, toll, excise, duty, fee, imposition, impost, exaction, assessment, tithe, payment 1.1 A tax so raised. 征得的税 Example sentencesExamples Basson explained that fuel levies are collected by the major oil companies in the country. The Government has announced that it will increase the accident compensation levy for vets next year. He called on the government to appoint a regulator to monitor the introduction of all development levies proposed. In the Government's view, the only practical and equitable solution is to increase the petrol levy. The levy of 30% on cattle exported on the hoof, on the other hand, is aimed at discouraging the export of live animals from the country. The planning authority said the levy was imposed because public funding for these works will not be available. The cost of these works would have been partially offset by development levies collected in the area. The Government is introducing a 12p levy on plastic shopping bags from February. A proposal to introduce a levy on plastic bags will be introduced into Federal Parliament this week. We have seen accident compensation levies increase in other areas. Part 2 proposes the increased accident compensation levy. New levies were imposed on cigarettes, wine and beer. City employees, in collaboration with hoodlums, have been imposing illegal levies on street vendors. All revenue from the increased fuel excise levy will be used to fund land transport initiatives. Environmental groups said a plastic bag levy would change attitudes to waste disposal across Scotland. Brown chose to include consideration of the incidence of import and export levies or tariffs in his text. Owners should also be prepared for the possibility of a levy being charged. He will not be there to help the businessman pay his new, increased insurance levies. It is a levy assessed in an unwritten manner and generally executed with precision in order to diminish the offender and enrich the supplier. Governments at settlement sites could collect a tiny levy from all foreign exchange transactions. Synonyms tax, tariff, excise, toll, fee, imposition, impost, exaction, tithe, payment, rate 1.2 A sum collected for a specific purpose, especially as a supplement to an existing subscription. （用于特别用途，尤指现存认购额以外的）征收款 Example sentencesExamples There are tens of thousands of our union members paying the political levy while the party that it funds is preparing to condemn them to the dole queue. Some £800 was raised for our hardship fund, with promises of more to come through levies and workplace collections. He added that the strikers did not believe that the council had no money to pay them, since it was collecting rates and levies. A large number were trade union members paying the political levy to the Labour Party, and there were many individual Labour Party members as well. One woman said that she was ‘constantly having to argue against people’ saying that they wanted to pull out of the political levy. This means organising workplace collections and levies, taking strikers round meetings and workplaces in every town and city, organising delegations to demonstrations or to visit picket lines. Institutions will face crippling fines of $100 per student if they collect levies or charges that in any way finance student unions, associations, clubs or services. Synonyms imposition, charging, exaction, raising, collection, gathering 1.3 An item or set of items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgment. 扣押财产（以执行判决） 2historical An act of enlisting troops. 〈史〉征兵 Example sentencesExamples The fyrd was raised by selective recruitment, rather than a general levy, usually drawing one man for every five hides of land. The immediate cause of rebellion was a national levy of 300,000 conscripts in March 1793. 2.1usually levies A body of troops that have been enlisted. 所征来的军队 lightly armed local levies 配备了轻武器的地方应征部队。 Example sentencesExamples He accomplished this largely with local levies and displayed Roman power to the eastern kingdoms, including (for the first time) Parthia. Traditionally the Afghan governments relied on three military institutions: the regular army, tribal levies, and community militias. They had been three times beaten back from the breached walls of Changsha by similar gentry-led local levies. Rather than respond to Vikings with ad hoc levies of his local noblemen which were disbanded when the crisis had passed, the West Saxons would now always have a force in the field. The mass of the British armies was the levies, summoned from the farms. Synonyms conscripts, militia Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever ‘raise’, from Latin levare, from levis ‘light’.
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