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levy
noun as in assessment, tax
Example Sentences
The most serious charge levied against Robinson is aggravated murder.
The Bank of England has said the new levy on retailers to reduce packaging waste could drive food prices higher this autumn.
China and the US extended a tariff truce until November, reducing threatened levies that exceeded 100% on each other's goods.
The £29m cost in the six months to 26 July was roughly equally split between the packaging levy and employer National Insurance payments.
If the EU does impose the tariffs on China and India it would mark a change to its approach of attempting to isolate Russia with sanctions rather than trade levies.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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