to collect (levy) a duty (a tax)

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• levy — 1 / le vē/ n pl lev·ies 1: an act of levying: as a: the imposition or collection of a tax b: the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor s possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2: an amount… …   Law dictionary

• Tax avoidance and tax evasion — Tax avoidance is the legal utilization of the tax regime to one s own advantage, in order to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law. By contrast tax evasion is the general term for efforts to not pay taxes by… …   Wikipedia

• Tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …   Wikipedia

• levy — /ˈlɛvi / (say levee) noun (plural levies) 1. a raising or collecting, as of money or troops, by authority or force. 2. that which is raised, as a tax assessment or a body of troops. –verb (levied, levying) –verb (t) 3. to make a levy of; collect… …  

• levy — / levi/ noun money which is demanded and collected by the government ♦ levies on luxury items taxes on luxury items ■ verb to demand payment of a tax or an extra payment and to collect it ● to levy a duty on the import of luxury items ● The… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• levy — 1. verb the government s right to levy taxes Syn: impose, charge, exact, raise, collect; rare mulct 2. noun 1) the levy of taxes Syn: imposition, raising, collection; formal exaction 2) the levy on alcohol …   Thesaurus of popular words

• tax — 1 vt [Medieval Latin taxare to assess for taxation, tax, from Latin, to assess, value, fix] 1: to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs of an action in court) 2: to levy a tax on tax the corporation tax capital gains tax·er n tax 2 …   Law dictionary

• Tax-free shopping — refers to the opportunity for customers to purchase goods or services without paying any tax normally collected at retail, such as sales tax, Goods and Services Tax, value added tax, or consumption tax.Tax free shopping in the United StatesTax… …   Wikipedia

• levy — [n] assessment, tax burden, collection, custom, duty, exaction, excise, fee, gathering, imposition, impost, muster, tariff, toll; concept 329 levy [v] assess, impose call, call up, charge, collect, demand, exact, extort, gather, lay on, place,… …   New thesaurus

• levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… …   Black's law dictionary

• levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… …   Black's law dictionary