I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
capital levy
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
charge
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This looks after the maintenance and levies an annual charge which is divided among the owners proportionately.
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In addition some clubs levy a service charge for infants payable in resort.
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Bravo levies a transaction charge for each booking, starting at £1.80 to a maximum of £3.30.
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It was the first deaf club in the country to levy an annual subscription charge .
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Traditionally, the law centres have not levied any charges on those using the service.
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We would levy the charge at 1 percent above the Bank base rate prevailing for the relevant period.
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Central government may encourage local governments to raise more tax revenue by introducing new taxes, levying charges or borrowing.
fee
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Any request for a change to a confirmed meal plan will result in us having to levy a booking alteration fee .
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All levy a nominal admission fee .
fine
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But instead of levying fines , prosecuting plant officials or revoking their licenses, the agency only wrote threatening letters to trustees.
income
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What would be the effect if the tax were levied solely on wage income ?
rate
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Secondly, it prohibited local authorities from levying supplementary rates .
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However, that is not a good reason for trying to levy high tax rates that no-one can enforce.
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The tax would be levied at a rate of 15 percent on petrol and 18 percent on diesel oil.
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The parishes were required to levy rates to provide for the relief of the poor.
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These are normally levied on fixed-\#rate, discount and capped-rate deals.
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Hatfield and Totteridge were separate places and the one could not levy rates for the other.
tax
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Today, these taxes are still levied by many Third World governments because they are straight forward to collect and hard to evade.
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A 10 percent tax is levied on every hotel transaction.
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However, there was to be a government-imposed profit ceiling above which a 100 percent tax would be levied .
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It is expected to include a wish-list of cuts in tax and welfare levies , many of them politically unachievable.
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If lump sum taxes are straight forward to levy and cheap to administer, the first course is the best.
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Payroll taxes are levied only on wages and salaries-not profits, interest, dividends, or capital gains.
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Whereas rates were levied on property, the poll tax will be levied on individuals.
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The tax would be levied at a rate of 15 percent on petrol and 18 percent on diesel oil.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A separate Cancellation Charge will be levied in respect of bookings cancelled in accordance with paragraph 4.
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However it does not levy a general sales tax; sales taxes are the bread and butter of most state governments.
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If the government wishes to raise tax revenue in order to subsidize the poor, it should levy a tax on films.
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Official scorers levy the errors, but their standards are no less disparate than any other group of 50 people.
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Payroll taxes are levied only on wages and salaries-not profits, interest, dividends, or capital gains.
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Tax was levied on the land regardless of crop yield, and an average family could hardly break even.
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Taxes are not levied on the young to pay for the old.
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Taxes should be designed to encourage greater effort and levied only when wealth is achieved.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tax
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The 1999 net tax levy for all properties is $ 1,223,789.
■ VERB
impose
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As the hon. Member for Stretford said, Labour would impose a training levy of 0.5 percent. of the payroll.
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It may impose levies and mandate subsidies for environmentally or socially desirable reasons.
pay
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A half-speed recorder would effectively halve the rate of tax that consumers would pay , should a levy be introduced.
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Those who undertake little or no training would pay the highest levy .
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The Life Companies shall pay a levy of £10,000 perannum for each appointed representative they employ.
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Independent financial advisers shall pay a levy of £5,000 for each independent financial adviser they employ.
raise
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This trade had enabled the Kurds to raise a levy to pay for food and medicines.
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Whereas if he raised it through a levy on Copts that would be wildly popular with everyone else.
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To raise major levies , King Edward's leave would have to be sought by Earl Siward.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cuts in personal and business taxation and social insurance levies are a top priority, to revive weak investment.
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Employers with a payroll of £45,000 or less will be exempt from the levy .
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He is planning a new levy of 15 cents a month from each union member, to be spent on political campaigns.
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In poll-capped Brent, where the levy and average bills only increased by 4%, the swing against Labour was 7.3%.
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It will be funded principally by the levy .
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Whether the penny-a-pound levy would force growers out of business is a matter of dispute.
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Wolsey met the first crisis by ordering the levy of a forced loan.