Example sentences for: levied

How can you use “levied” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The action came, say USAT and the LAT , after three Japanese cargo ship companies refused to pay $4 million in fines levied because of their costly and unfair treatment of U.S. ships in Japanese ports.

  • They are levied through the power of the Government to compel payment, and the person or entity that pays these fees does not receive anything of value from the Government in exchange.

  • They speculated that pressure has levied on the Pentagon by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, competitors with Israel Aircraft Industries in foreign sales of intelligence aircraft.

  • According to Richard Golaszewski of the consulting firm GRA Inc., general aviation imposes about $1 billion a year in air traffic control costs on the Federal Aviation Administration, but the fuel taxes levied on general aviation cover only about one-third of that.

  • --Taxes (including customs duties) are levied through the exercise of the power of the Government to compel payment.


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