levied upon
Example Sentences
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“The classroom is a place where judgment is levied upon individuals, not unlike a court of law,” said Noah Molotch, an assistant professor of geography.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2012
Let there be abolished the land tax and the tax on produce levied upon the cultivated fields.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
In the case of the payroll tax, one of the important interest groups would be the employers themselves, who are of course quite aware of payroll taxes levied upon them.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2010
Specifically he objected because S. 3555 provided that the fee might be levied upon the farmer's product any where between the field it grew in and the place where it was consumed.
From Time Magazine Archive
He settled the amount of fine which should be levied upon each transgressor, and put into a common box.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
