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levy
verb[ T ]
 FINANCE, TAXuk /ˈlevi/us
to officially ask for an amount of money, such as a tax, for a government or organization:
levy a tax on sthThe tax is levied on companies' energy use.

Examples of levy

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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.
The measure was passed in 1956, creating a new payroll tax levied on employers and employees to finance the new program.
In the longer run the crown would find a radical solution of a kind, levying much higher taxes and establishing a monopoly of violence.
Fines would be levied by a vote of finance ministers, with the transgressing nation excluded from voting.
Enterprise taxes were levied not on the total output or one of the inputs used in production but on the activity as a whole.
These issues need to be resolved to ensure the effective collection of the cotton levy and the proper researching and management of seed production.
Taxes on some products, such as grains, were levied on the output because the tax collectors could easily measure the harvested output.
Public hospitals, which tend to be located in urban centres, levy varying levels of user charges according to the class of ward chosen.
Furthermore, before 1854 export taxes were only levied on cattle hides.
However, looms that broke down could result in damaged cloth, and thus could cost piece-rated workers dearly, both in fines levied and in time lost.
This is based primarily on the corporation archives and on a search of all surviving livery company and parish accounts, and each levy is sourced.
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