Meaning

8 senses
  1. The act of levying.

    Erhebung, Abgabenerhebung, Umlagenerhebung

    сборsbor, взима́ниеvzimánije, обложе́ниеobložénije

    the act of drafting into military service

  2. The act of levying.

    A conscription action.

  3. A tax.

    A tax paid in money.

  4. A tax in kind.

  5. The things or people so levied.

    Requisitioned supplies.

  6. A body of conscripts.

  7. (obsolete, slang)A shilling.

  8. (Pennsylvania, US, Virginia, obsolete)The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. The airport improvement levy seems higher than last year.

    ruСбор на улучшение аэропорта, кажется, в этом году выше, чем в прошлом.

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  2. The government levied a new tax on luxury goods.

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  3. An income tax is levied on any income that exceeds deductions.

    deEinkommenssteuer wird auf alle Einkünfte berechnet, die den Freibetrag übersteigen.

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  4. A 5% consumption tax is levied on purchases of most goods and services.

    deAuf den Erwerb, bzw. die Inanspruchnahme, der meisten Güter und Dienstleistungen wird eine fünfprozentige Konsumsteuer erhoben.

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  5. A 5% consumption tax is levied on most goods and services in Japan.

    ruПятипроцентный потребительский налог взимается с большинства товаров и услуг в Японии.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
act of levying:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tax, property or people so levied:
act of levying:

Origin

From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from Contraction of elevenpence.

From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from

Contraction of elevenpence.

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Forms

plural: levies
Singularlevy
Plurallevies

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedlatte levy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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