| 释义 | levying present participle oflevy
 levy
 verb[ T ]
 uk /ˈlev.i/ us /ˈlev.i/
 (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.
 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.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Taxation
 amortizable
 anti-dumping
 anti-progressive
 anti-tax
 at sourcephrase
 filer
 financial year
 fiscal drag
 fiscal year
 flat tax
 rebate
 regressive
 regressively
 road tax
 sales tax
 taxed
 taxpayer
 the taxman
 tithe
 top rate
 
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