Levy



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. / n. 征税; 征兵
• ［英］ 征税 ( an imposing and collecting of a tax or other payment) ; 征兵 ( the enlistment , usually compulsory of personnel, as for military service)
• ［记］ lev ( 升起) +y -> 把税收起来 -> 征税

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural levies)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French levé, literally, raising, from lever to raise — more at lever
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. the imposition or collection of an assessment
  • b. an amount levied
• 2.
  • a. the enlistment or conscription of men for military service
  • b. troops raised by levy

II. verb (levied; levying)

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to impose or collect by legal authority <levy a tax>
    • b. to require by authority
  • 2. to enlist or conscript for military service
  • 3. to carry on (war) ; wage
• intransitive verb
  • to seize property
• ? levier noun

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