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How to pronounce levy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms raise, recruit
Type of enlist, draft, muster in
Type Words
Synonyms levy en masse
Type of muster, draft, conscription, selective service
Type Words
Synonyms impose
Type of charge, bill
Has types toll, distrain, mulct, reimpose, tax, tithe, lay


levy a fine.
Type Words
Type of charge
Has types taxation, revenue enhancement, tax, tithe

Examples of levy

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The levy also supports an adequate fund balance that can be used when necessary.
From the dailyherald.com
The state laws also allow Detroit to levy a higher income tax than other cities.
From the freep.com
An even steeper levy can come in distraction from what's more important in life.
From the businessweek.com
Since then, though, the Halifax District's total levy has dropped by 50 percent.
From the news-journalonline.com
Levy said the intent was not to harm the Patriots, simply to protect his client.
From the boston.com
That levy fell from $10,000 to $7,000 per unit in projects of 100 units or less.
From the sacbee.com
Under the British plan, any bonus exceeding $41,000 will be hit with a 50% levy.
From the latimes.com
Levy said some clothes stored at the restaurant by an employee were also stolen.
From the kentucky.com
Sedgwick County's mill levy has remained relatively steady over the past decade.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • Impose and collect; "levy a fine"
  • Recruit: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
  • The act of drafting into military service
  • Levy is a surname.
  • The act of levying; The tax, property or people so levied; To impose a tax or fine, to collect monies due, or to confiscate property; To draft someone into military service; To wage war
  • Making (levying war)
  • (Levies) Amounts payable by lot owners in a Strata Scheme to ensure the costs associated with running and maintaining the Strata Scheme are met. Standard levies cover Sinking Fund and Administrative Fund contributions. ...
  • (Levies) Contributions paid by owners to the owners corporation to cover expenditure and allocation for capital expenditure. These are usually paid quarterly and the amount is based on unit entitlement.
  • (Levies) an action brought by the U.S. Treasury Department, IRS, Michigan Treasury Department, and/or the Michigan Employment Security Commission, to collect any taxes or assessments due from an employee to the governmental agency, by deduction from the employee's wages.