levy 征收；征(税)

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levy
levy / ˈlevi /
noun (pl. -ies)
   ~ (on sth) an extra amount of money that has to be paid, especially as a tax to the government
   征收额；(尤指)税款:
   to  put / impose a levy on oil imports
   对进口石油征税
⇨ note at tax
verb (lev·ies, levy·ing, lev·ied, lev·ied)
   [VN] ~ sth (on sb / sth) to use official authority to demand and collect a payment, tax, etc.
   征收；征(税):
   a tax levied by the government on excess company profits
   政府对公司超额利润征收的税

levy verb
Levy is used with these nouns as the object: charge, excise, fine, penalty, surcharge, tariff, tax, taxation, toll

levy

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lev∙y¹ / ˈlɛvɪ ; ˈlevi /
◙verb levied, levying, levies [T]
1. to officially say that people must pay a tax or charge
• 征收，收取〔税项或费用〕:
»levy a tax / charge / fine etc (on sth)
»a new tax levied on all electrical goods
  对所有电器商品都征收的一种新税

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levy²
◙noun (plural levies) [C]
1. an additional sum of money, usually paid as a tax
• 税款，税额:
▪ [+ on]
»He wants to impose a levy on landfill waste.
  他想对填埋的废弃物征税。

levy
I. \ˈlevē, -vi\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English levee, levy, from Middle French levee levy, action of raising, from Old French, action of raising, from feminine of levé, past participle of lever to raise — more at lever
1.
a. : the imposition or collection of an assessment, tax, tribute, or fine
  < make a levy on all meat, out of which to pay the running costs of the … organization — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin >
specifically : the taking of property on execution to satisfy a judgment
  < it authorizes a levy upon property of the witness — E.D.Dickinson >
b. : an amount levied : impost, tax
  < a direct food levy was imposed — Leonard Mason >
2.
a. : the enlistment or conscription of men for military service : muster
  < the levy of the militia, which had previously been confined to the countryside, was extended to Paris — Evelyn Cruickshanks >
b. : the troops raised by a levy
  < defeat followed by victory had transmuted green levies into veteran soldiers — Peter Rainier >
  < levies, who were eating the village out of hearth and home — Marguerite Steen >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English levyen, levien, from levee, levy, n.
transitive verb
1.
a. : to impose or collect (as a tax or tribute) by legal process or by authority : exact
  < we cannot levy unlimited drafts on the future to avoid bankruptcy in the present — W.R.Inge >
  < there will be no European army if the exclusive right to levy taxes is left to individual governments — European Federation Now >
  < the time-honored graft that policemen usually levy on prostitutes — Green Peyton >
  < levied a heavy fine for contempt of court >
b. : to exact or require (as a service) by authority or power
  < upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service unto this day — 1 Kings 9:21 (Authorized Version) >
2. : to enlist or conscript for military service
< go levy men and make prepare for war — Shakespeare >
< the armies of the early 17th century were mercenary, rapidly levied, disbanded again, haphazard — Hilaire Belloc >
3. : to carry on (war) : make, wage
< treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort — U.S. Constitution >
< only a skirmish in the general war levied upon social distinctions — V.L.Parrington >
4. law
a. : to seize in satisfaction of a legal claim or judgment
b. : to carry into effect (as a writ of execution) : enforce
c. : to arrange (a fine) in settlement of a suit to establish title to land
  < she was also prohibited from levying a fine — Joshua Williams >
intransitive verb
1. : to seize real or personal property or subject it to attachment or execution : make a levy
< levied on the judgment debtor's property under an execution >
2. : to draw for provisions or resources — usually used with on
< I have levied on many writers for my essential conception of American culture — Max Lerner >
< had levied on their cellars to produce new offerings — A.J.Liebling >
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: by shortening & alteration from eleven pence (approximate value of the coin)
1. : a Spanish real — used especially in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware
2. : the sum of 12 1/2 cents