levy a tax

基本解释

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、經營、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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