LEVY in a Sentence
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23 example sentences for LEVY, such as:
1. They levy a tax on him.
2. Congress is empowered to levy taxes.
3. We should levy a heavy tax on the wealthy men.
4. I'll levy a hundred pounds of wax from every damned merchant.
5. Taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament.
2. Congress is empowered to levy taxes.
3. We should levy a heavy tax on the wealthy men.
4. I'll levy a hundred pounds of wax from every damned merchant.
5. Taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament.
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Meanings and Examples of LEVY
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levy
v. impose fine or tax; collect payment
Classic Sentence:
1 I'll levy a hundred pounds of wax from every damned merchant.
2 there's to be an Extraordinary Meeting of the nobility, and they are talking of a levy of ten men per thousand.
3 The Bourbons left him quietly enough at the Catalans, but Napoleon returned, a special levy was made, and Fernand was compelled to join.
4 I made his acquaintance in Tver when I was there on official business, and he came there for the levy of recruits.
5 The Father-General needed new levies of young German-Jesuits.
6 At all events, his hoard had been reduced by various local levies to the sum of one hundred and nine francs fifteen sous, which had been counted out to him on his departure.
7 The commissary was laying such heavy levies on foodstuffs that the tables of Atlanta were beginning to suffer.
8 The other most obvious explanation is that the child has been kidnapped for the purpose of levying ransom.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
9 He tried to prove to the Emperor the impossibility of levying fresh troops, spoke of the hardships already endured by the people, of the possibility of failure and so forth.
10 , the Bishop levied them on the wealthy with all the more asperity, since he bestowed them on the needy.
11 It was incurring a frightful risk to go to his assistance; not one of the sailors, all fishermen of the coast, recently levied for the service, dared to attempt it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
12 Nothing in the aspect of the family was altered, except that the wife and daughters had levied on the package and put on woollen stockings and jackets.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XII—THE USE MADE OF M. LEBLANC'S FIVE-FRANC PIECE
13 In each there was an enemy to contend with, and contributions to be levied.
Example Sentence:
1 Congress is empowered to levy taxes.
2 We should levy a heavy tax on the wealthy men.
3 They levy a tax on him.
4 Crying "No taxation without representation," the colonists demonstrated against England's power to levy taxes.
5 The commission requested the power to levy larger fines, saying that the current cap of £20,000 per offence risked a mere cost of doing business for rule-breaking campaigns.
6 The government levies taxes on real estate and personal property.
7 All provinces have some sort of distracted driving-cellphone legislation in place, most banning texting or talking on the phone using a hand-held device, and levying fines if caught.
8 Taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament.
9 They levied religious taxes on Christian commercial transactions.
10 The judge levied a ten thousand dollars fine against the factory for polluting the river.