levy a tax

基本解釋

The government decided to levy a tax on tobacco; it had been free from tax.
政府決定征收菸草稅，這曏來是不征稅的。
China will levy a tax of 8 to 20 yuan on every metric ton of coking coal sold and 0.3 to 5 yuan a ton for other coal grades.
中國將對銷售的每公噸焦煤征收8元到20元的稅費，對其它等級的煤炭征收0.3元至5元的稅費。
Now to levy a tax to the exploitation, operation, possession, using and transferring of the real estate has been an important content of tax system throughout the world.
對房地産的開發(fā)、經(jīng)營、持有、使用和轉讓等活動進行課稅，已成爲儅今世界各國稅收制度的一項重要內容。

One step that was widely discussed coming into the meeting was a tax on certain bank transactions, commonly called a "bank levy."

You try to levy a tax for their own good, and they just change their behavior.
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They charge up to ten times more than informal channels, must change money at official rates and, in some countries, levy a tax on the exchange.
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