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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assessment, tax |
| Synonyms: | burden, collection, custom, duty, exaction, excise, fee, gathering, imposition, impost, muster, tariff, toll |
| Notes: | a levee is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea, while a levy is a charge or tax imposed and collected |
| Main Entry: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
| Synonyms: | angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, file for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge |
| Antonyms: | answer, claim, command, insist, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign fee, |
| Synonyms: | amount charge, demand, evaluate, exact, fix, impose, levy, rate, tax, value |
| Main Entry: | assessment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of fee, amount |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, charge, demand, duty, estimate, fee, levy, rate, rating, tariff, tax, taxation, toll, valuation |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask a price |
| Synonyms: | demand, fix price at, impose, levy, price, require, sell for |
| Antonyms: | pay |
| Main Entry: | collection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | accumulating, acquiring, acquisition, agglomeration, amassing, amassment, anthology, assemblage, assembling, assembly, assortment, batch, bringing together, caboodle, clump, cluster, collation, combination, company, compilation, congeries, congregation, convocation, crowd, cumulation, digest, gathering, heap, hoard, kit, levy, lot, mass, medley, mess, miscellany, mobilization, muster, number, obtaining, omnibus, pile, quantity, securing, selection, set, stack, stock, stockpile, store |
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military conscription |
| Synonyms: | allotment, assignment, call of duty, call-up, greetings, impressment, induction, letter from Uncle Sam, levy, lottery, recruiting, registration, roll call, selection, selective service |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
| Main Entry: | dues |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment for membership |
| Synonyms: | ante, arrearage, assessment, charge, charges, collection, contribution, custom, debit, debt, duty, fee, kickback, levy, liability, obligation, pay, protection, rates, tax, toll |
| Main Entry: | duty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tax on foreign goods |
| Synonyms: | assessment, custom, customs, due, excise, impost, levy, rate, revenue, tariff, toll |
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