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levied
/ˈlɛvid/
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What does levied mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of levy
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlɛvid/
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It would often occasion an accumulation of costs, more burdensome than the original sum of the tax to be levied.
The latter are considered as a branch of the domain of the crown and are levied by a different set of officers.
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It is clear that, in such a case, the right of increase is equivalent to a tax levied in advance upon social production.
They levied contributions as in an enemy's country, seized upon the revenues, and exacted, by violence, what they could not obtain of free-will.
In the majority of cases it has not been levied from the cultivators, but the whole expense has been borne by the factory.