levied upon

Example Sentences

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“The classroom is a place where judgment is levied upon individuals, not unlike a court of law,” said Noah Molotch, an assistant professor of geography.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2012

Let there be abolished the land tax and the tax on produce levied upon the cultivated fields.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

In the case of the payroll tax, one of the important interest groups would be the employers themselves, who are of course quite aware of payroll taxes levied upon them.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2010

Under a statute which allows "informers" to collect 1% of fines levied upon lawbreakers, he had evidence collected, instituted suits in the name of a client against 14 theatres and lodges, six churches.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gross amount of the tax levied upon this delivery was no less than 2,339,737l., of which, as the cost of management was only 687,000l., there was 1,652,424l. carried to the account of profit.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various