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levied

/ˈlɛvid/

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What does levied mean?

verb

  1. 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.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
The latter are considered as a branch of the domain of the crown and are levied by a different set of officers.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
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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.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
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.
Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' WarTranslated by A. J. W. (Alexander James William) MorrisonProject Gutenberg ebook #566
In the majority of cases it has not been levied from the cultivators, but the whole expense has been borne by the factory.
James InglisSport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo PlanterProject Gutenberg ebook #10818