impose a levy
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levy — I n. to impose a levy (on) II v. (D; tr.) to levy on (to levy a tax on rum) * * * [ levɪ] to impose a levy (on) (D;tr.) to levy on (to levy a tax on rum) … Combinatory dictionary
levy — ▪ I. levy lev‧y 1 [ˈlevi] verb levied PTandPP levy a tax/charge/fine etc to officially make someone pay a tax etc: • The penalty is among the largest fines ever levied for environmental crimes. levy a tax/charge/fine etc levy something on… … Financial and business terms
levy — lev|y1 [ˈlevi] v past tense and past participle levied present participle levying third person singular levies [T] to officially say that people must pay a tax or charge levy a tax/charge/fine etc (on sth) ▪ a new tax levied on all electrical… … Dictionary of contemporary English
levy — 1 / le vē/ n pl lev·ies 1: an act of levying: as a: the imposition or collection of a tax b: the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor s possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2: an amount… … Law dictionary
Impose — Im*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Imposing}.] [F. imposer; pref. im in + poser to place. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. [1913 Webster] Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
impose — I (enforce) verb bid, bind, burden, charge, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, decree, demand, dictate, direct, drive, enact, encumber, enjoin, exact, execute, extort, force upon, impel, imponere, iniungere, insist upon, lay upon,… … Law dictionary
levy — ► NOUN (pl. levies) 1) the imposition of a tax, fee, fine, or subscription. 2) a sum of money raised by a levy. 3) archaic a body of enlisted troops. ► VERB (levies, levied) 1) impose or seize as a levy … English terms dictionary
levy — [n] assessment, tax burden, collection, custom, duty, exaction, excise, fee, gathering, imposition, impost, muster, tariff, toll; concept 329 levy [v] assess, impose call, call up, charge, collect, demand, exact, extort, gather, lay on, place,… … New thesaurus
levy — [lev′ē] n. pl. levies [ME levee < MFr, fem. pp. of lever, to raise: see LEVER] 1. an imposing and collecting of a tax or other payment 2. an amount levied; tax, etc. 3. a) the enlistment, usually compulsory, of personnel, as for military… … English World dictionary
impose a duty on — index excise (levy a tax) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
