Vocabulary
Levy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
impose (a tax, fee, or fine).
Urdu meaning
ٹیکس وغیرہ لگانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The willingness to implement the law to collect the levy is still to be tested.
- Then just ahead of his Aug 1 deadline to conclude trade deals on reciprocal tariffs, he announced imposition of a 25 per cent levy on Indian imports and an unspecified penalty for India`s purchase of Russian oil and arms.
- The scheme will be subsidised with a new 1-3pc e-vehicle adoption levy on the sale of petrol-fuelled vehicles, which is projected to generate Rs122bn.
- Reflecting an integrated approach to EV transport policy where climate goals and economic obligations will be pursued simultaneously this levy creates a self-sustaining financing mechanism.
- The centre managed to take out the lucrative petroleum levy from the divisible pool by calling it a developmental levy rather than a tax (which it is in all but name).
Synonyms
impose, charge, exact, demand, raise, collect, gather, tax, mulct
Antonyms
demobilize, disband
Curator example
“a tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes”
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