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Traducción de levy en Español:
levy
imponer, v.
Ver definición en Español de imponer
verbo transitivo levies, levying, levied
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1.1
(tax/duty) (impose) imponer(tax/duty) (collect) recaudarto levy sth on sth- the government intends to levy a new tax on imports
1.2
(fee/charge) cobrar- The Green Party wants to levy a windfall tax on land when it is zoned for development.
- The Virginia legislature proposed to levy a tax to support religious education, but individuals were free to choose which church was to receive the money.
- James Madison in 1784 opposed an attempt by the Virginia legislature to levy a tax to support religious education.
- The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids.
- Brown also rejected calls to levy a windfall tax on the oil companies, which have announced significantly increased profits in the last month.
- The tax is now levied only on estates valued over $675,000, an exemption due to rise under current law to $1 million by 2006.
- Government officials stole relief money assigned to rebuild ruined rice terraces and then local authorities attempted to levy a tax on villagers.
- Many other European Union countries levy no tax on share transactions.
- Inheritance tax is levied only on the estate, not on the recipients of any exempt gifts.
- The 3 per cent initial charge is levied only on the sum invested by the investor.
- The duty is levied by the government on flights leaving any UK airport.
- As with every other fine levied by courts, penalties go to the Treasury.
- Some taxing authorities levy penalties that can equal as much as 30 percent of the amount owed.
- The evaluation also found that schools across the country levied significantly different fees.
- The company also levies an initial connection fee of 10p on all calls.
- Different payments were levied according to how many windows a property had.
- Stamp duty on all residential investment property is now levied at 9 per cent.
- They reduce rates levied on ordinary income, with the largest rate cut going to the wealthiest taxpayers.
- Australian governments levy a number of taxes and charges on road transportation.
- Taxes are levied on the basis of income and property.
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(fine) imponer(damages) exigir
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(troops/army) reclutar- Altogether, 42,500 troops were levied for service in Ireland during the War, representing perhaps 19 per cent of available manpower in England and Wales.
nombreplural levies
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1.1(raising of tax, contributions)
the levy of duty on these articles — el gravamen impuesto a estos artículos- the strike was funded by a levy on all members — la huelga se financió mediante el cobro de una cuota a todos los miembros
- The MPSC program is funded by a two-cent levy on sealed beverage containers and the money generated through the levy is used as support payments to municipalities.
- They are fiercely against a levy on plastic bags, even though a levy in Ireland saw a 90 per cent reduction in bags over six months.
- These steps, ranging from the types of projects to be financed by the levy to the management of resources collected, were to be locally defined by the municipal councils.
- Cowman said the levy would have a disproportionate effect on independent brokers, compared to bigger players such as banks who could build these costs into their charges to consumers.
- Peresson described the new tax as ‘a joke’ because, he claimed, many bags used by shoppers were the lower quality bags for food and these were exempt from the levy.
- Tesco alone has said it expects the new levy to reduce bag use by 88 million.
- In effect, the bookies would face a levy on profits to help those who are damaged by betting.
- The levy on other blank media, however, remains intact.
- the strike was funded by a levy on all members — la huelga se financió mediante el cobro de una cuota a todos los miembros
1.2(tax)
impuesto masculinogravamen masculino- Part 2 proposes the increased accident compensation levy.
- He will not be there to help the businessman pay his new, increased insurance levies.
- New levies were imposed on cigarettes, wine and beer.
- Basson explained that fuel levies are collected by the major oil companies in the country.
- The planning authority said the levy was imposed because public funding for these works will not be available.
- The Government has announced that it will increase the accident compensation levy for vets next year.
- We have seen accident compensation levies increase in other areas.
- Environmental groups said a plastic bag levy would change attitudes to waste disposal across Scotland.
- The cost of these works would have been partially offset by development levies collected in the area.
- The Government is introducing a 12p levy on plastic shopping bags from February.
- A proposal to introduce a levy on plastic bags will be introduced into Federal Parliament this week.
- All revenue from the increased fuel excise levy will be used to fund land transport initiatives.
- In the Government's view, the only practical and equitable solution is to increase the petrol levy.
- City employees, in collaboration with hoodlums, have been imposing illegal levies on street vendors.
- Governments at settlement sites could collect a tiny levy from all foreign exchange transactions.
- Owners should also be prepared for the possibility of a levy being charged.
- It is a levy assessed in an unwritten manner and generally executed with precision in order to diminish the offender and enrich the supplier.
- Brown chose to include consideration of the incidence of import and export levies or tariffs in his text.
- He called on the government to appoint a regulator to monitor the introduction of all development levies proposed.
- The levy of 30% on cattle exported on the hoof, on the other hand, is aimed at discouraging the export of live animals from the country.
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Militar2.1(raising of troops)
reclutamiento masculinoleva femenino- The immediate cause of rebellion was a national levy of 300,000 conscripts in March 1793.
- The fyrd was raised by selective recruitment, rather than a general levy, usually drawing one man for every five hides of land.
2.2(troops)
tropas femenino- Rather than respond to Vikings with ad hoc levies of his local noblemen which were disbanded when the crisis had passed, the West Saxons would now always have a force in the field.
- They had been three times beaten back from the breached walls of Changsha by similar gentry-led local levies.
- He accomplished this largely with local levies and displayed Roman power to the eastern kingdoms, including (for the first time) Parthia.
- The mass of the British armies was the levies, summoned from the farms.
- Traditionally the Afghan governments relied on three military institutions: the regular army, tribal levies, and community militias.
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