Levy

(noun.) the act of drafting into military service.

(noun.) a charge imposed and collected.

(verb.) impose and collect; 'levy a fine'.

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• The army he found in Macedonia consisted of a general foot levy and a noble equestrian order called the companions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The customs officers immediately began to levy the duty on the products of Arkwright’s mills, claiming that the goods were in reality calicoes, although they were made in England. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• After all, our little piratical excursions are very innocent—no bloodshed—no violence—no burning of houses; we—we only levy toll, so to speak. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• From others he demands a certain sum, but leaves it to the states of each province to assess and levy that sum as they think proper. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• His plan was to levy a direct tax upon the separate states, and collect, at the ports left open to trade, a duty on all imports. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They levy this composition in what manner they please, generally in a way that gives no interruption to the interior commerce of the place. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The duties of excise are, upon this account, more unpopular than those of the customs; and so are the officers who levy them. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Capitation taxes are levied at little expense; and, where they are rigorously exacted, afford a very sure revenue to the state. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The vingtieme seems not to have raised the rate of those annuities, though it is exactly levied upon them all. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• By means of this system, there is annually levied in Great Britain, upon less than eight millions of people, more than ten millions of revenue. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In France, the duties upon tobacco and salt are levied in this manner. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This great revenue, too, might be levied without the appointment of a single new officer to collect and receive it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Upon such a fund, no more money would probably be advanced than what the tax to be levied in Great Britain might be supposed to answer for. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He began to order new levies and gather fresh armies amidst the wreckage of his world empire. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In some provinces of France, the king not only imposes what taxes he thinks proper, but assesses and levies them in the way he thinks proper. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• For many such purposes gangs of captives were cheaper and far more controllable than levies of the king's own people. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Scotch revolted, and the English levies Charles raised to fight them mutinied. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He commanded an admirable army, against which the comparatively inexpert Roman levies could at first do little. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In addition to this, the new levies of troops that were being raised in the North-west went to Thomas as rapidly as enrolled and equipped. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• His army was just such another composite host as Darius had led into Thrace or Alexander defeated at Issus; it was a medley of levies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He entertained the notion of making the use of gas and coke compulsory, by levying a tax on all who obstinately refused to adopt what would be so much to their own advantage. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The other most obvious explanation is that the child has been kidnapped for the purpose of levying ransom. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The best and most frugal way of levying a tax can never be by farm. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It might, too, be a good deal more expensive in the levying. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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