Sample Sentences for
levy
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levy as in:  levy a tax

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    After a lengthy legal battle, the court levied a substantial fine against the defendant.
    levied = demanded payment
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    The city council voted to levy a congestion charge on vehicles entering the downtown area during peak hours.
    levy = demand payment of
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    This was the moment I had lost Audrey: this was the moment the costs had become real, when the tax was levied, the rent due.  (source)
    levied = figuratively, demanded payment of
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    As a government-appointed chief, he was eligible for a stipend as well as a portion of the fees the government levied on the community for vaccination of livestock and communal grazing land.  (source)
    levied = taxed
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    ... and it grieves me more than many tidings that might seem worse to learn that Sauron levies such tribute.  (source)
    levies = sets taxes demanding
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    The decisions were made by the army captain, who each morning collected an extraordinary levy for the defense of public order.  (source)
    levy = tax
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    The powers within the first class are: declaring war, granting letters of marque, providing armies and fleets, regulating and using the militia, levying and borrowing money.  (source)
    levying = taxing
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    That whole week Baby Kochamma eavesdropped relentlessly on the twins' private conversations, and whenever she caught them speaking in Malayalam, she levied a small fine which was deducted at source.†  (source)
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    The Mallisters still hold Seagard and Walder Frey is marshaling his levies at the Twins.†  (source)
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    The power to levy taxes and borrow money—the financial support for national defense—has also been examined.  (source)
    levy = charge
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    The community pressure levied against him would have sent me to an asylum.†  (source)
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    The commissary was laying such heavy levies on foodstuffs that the tables of Atlanta were beginning to suffer.†  (source)
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    And, of course, it's perfect timing that such ridiculous and damaging accusation should be levied against the senator just as his Morals Bill is coming up for debate.†  (source)
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    They paraded by Mr. Sam Levy's house one night, but Sam just stood on his porch and told 'em things had come to a pretty pass, he'd sold 'em the very sheets on their backs.  (source)
    Levy = a name in this novel
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    We'll bank the entire tithe openly in the name of Shaddam IV and deduct it legally from our levy support costs.  (source)
    levy = drafted soldiers
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    Sincerely, General Shimon Levy, Strategos.  (source)
    Levy = a name in this story
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    The Levy family met all criteria for being Fine Folks: they did the best they could with the sense they had, and they had been living on the same plot of ground in Maycomb for five generations.  (source)
    Levy = a name in this novel
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    But the supporting levies the Emperor demands from —  (source)
    levies = drafting of soldiers
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    Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.  (source)
    levying = carrying out
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    Though he murdered countless enemies and drank excessively, the only criticism she ever levied against him involved his infidelity.  (source)
    levied = made
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    General Levy has no pity for anyone.  (source)
    Levy = a name in this story
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    That's what we're led to believe: they're just the Emperor's levies trained young and superbly.  (source)
    levies = drafted soldiers
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    The proposed Constitution limits the offense of treason "to levying war upon the United States, and adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."  (source)
    levying = carrying out
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    Duncan is in his grave; After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, Can touch him further.  (source)
    levy = soldiers or war
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    You hear an occasional muttering about the Emperor's training cadres, but the balance of our civilization remains the same: the military forces of the Landsraad Great Houses on one side, the Sardaukar and their supporting levies on the other.  (source)
    levies = drafted soldiers
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    Article 3, section 3: "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort."  (source)
    levying = carrying out
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