levy

imponer, cobrar

Exigir oficialmente el pago de un impuesto, una tasa o una multa, o recaudar ese dinero.

En inglés sencillo: To officially require people to pay a tax, fee, or fine.

• The council can levy a fee.
• A new tax was levied on imported cars.
• Will the bank levy a charge for late payments?

Cómo se usa: levy something on someone/something (The government levied a tax on luxury goods.)

Sinónimos: impose, charge

Expresiones frecuentes: levy a tax, levy a charge, levy fines, levy a fine

reclutar

Ordenar a personas que se incorporen al ejército.

En inglés sencillo: To order people to join an army.

• The king ordered officials to levy troops.
• Men were levied from every village.
• They levied an army to defend the border.

Sinónimos: conscript, draft

Expresiones frecuentes: levy troops, levy an army

gravamen, tasa

Cantidad adicional que se debe pagar, a menudo como impuesto.

En inglés sencillo: An extra amount of money that people must pay, often as a tax.

• The levy adds to our bill.
• A new levy on fuel starts next month.
• Businesses must pay the annual levy.

Cómo se usa: a levy on something (There is a levy on plastic bags.)

Sinónimos: tax, charge, surcharge

Expresiones frecuentes: levy on something, annual levy, fuel levy

recluta, leva

Persona obligada a incorporarse al ejército; también, el acto de reclutar personas de esta manera.

En inglés sencillo: Someone ordered to join an army; also, the act of ordering people to join.

• The new levies needed training.
• Each levy received a coat and boots.
• The king ordered a levy of troops.

Sinónimos: conscript, recruit, conscription

Expresiones frecuentes: military levy, new levy, levy of troops