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levy Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 an amount of money, such as a tax, that you have to pay to a government or organization:
- They imposed a five percent levy on alcohol.
1 (of a government or organization) to demand an amount of money, such as a tax, from a person or organization:
- A new tax was levied on consumers of luxury goods.
- The City Council can levy a fine of $250 for a first offence.
2 an amount of money, such as a tax, that you have to pay to a government or organization:
- A levy was imposed on cotton imports.
3 an amount of money, such as a tax, that has to be paid to a government or organization:
- The financial authority is to impose a levy on every financial product sold.
- be exempt from/pay a levy Social Security income that resides in a bank account is exempt from a levy.
- abolish/end a levy The government plans to abolish a levy on equities trading.
4 to officially ask for an amount of money, such as a tax, for a government or organization:
- levy a tax on sth The tax is levied on companies' energy use.

The proposal would allow the school to levy additional fees.
US citizens are charged $20 on arrival, in retaliation for a similar charge levied for US visa applications.
The system would levy significant penalties on hospitals that don't report medical errors.
In regions with higher pollution levy rates, firms tend to have lower pollution intensity.
To implement comprehensive economic and social policies, the state must levy standardised taxes, keep systematic administrative records, and enforce uniform rules across its territory.
Thus, the programmes were always implemented to levy quick revenues.
The owners levied tolls on all merchant shipping which made use of the lights, and in many cases grew rich from the proceeds.
In 1987\88, from a sample of ten rural councils, development levy, crop cess and business licences contributed 77 per cent of the revenues.