- levy (on something)
an extra amount of money that has to be paid, especially as a tax to the government 征收额;(尤指)税款 to put/impose a levy on oil imports 对进口石油征税 the trade-union political levy 工会政治征收款。
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever ‘raise’, from Latin levare, from levis ‘light’.