Levying
[li:viŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Levy
Editor: Rebekah
Examples
- 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. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The other most obvious explanation is that the child has been kidnapped for the purpose of levying ransom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The best and most frugal way of levying a tax can never be by farm. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It might, too, be a good deal more expensive in the levying. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Rebekah