levy a tax on

基本解释

From January 1st he plans to levy a tax on banks’ balance-sheets.
从1月1号开始，他计划在银行资产负债表上征收税款。
The government decided to levy a tax on tobacco; it had been free from tax.
政府决定征收烟草税，这向来是不征税的。
Luckau, in Brandenburg, tried to levy a tax on wind turbines but was rebuffed by the eastern state’s government.
勃兰登堡的卢考市，试图对风轮机课税，但遭到了东部州政府的断然拒绝。

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

If SUVs are bad and wind power is good, then we must levy a tax on gas-guzzlers and hand out tax credits for windmills.
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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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Another option that comes to mind would be to levy a tax on corporations that outsource work to foreign countries thereby decreasing the pool of jobs in America.
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