levies

tax

Mandatory public revenue charge

• tariffTax on traded goods
• dutyRequired moral task
• exciseRemove by cutting

assessment · revenue · VAT · customs · toll · impost · tithe · tribute · surcharge · fiscal

draft

Preliminary version of text

• enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
• inductionFormal admission process
• call-upOrder to serve

recruitment · mobilization · draftee · selective service · registrant · exemption · deferment · muster · impressment · press-gang

impose

Force acceptance of

• enforceCompel obedience to
• mandateFormal authoritative directive
• instituteEstablish or scholarly organization

decree · prescribe · require · sanction · compel · enact · assess · exact · collect · demand

soldiers

Military personnel who fight

• militiaNon-professional armed force
• recruitsNewly joined members
• conscriptsCompulsory military personnel

forces · army · regiment · battalion · infantry · garrison · contingent · auxiliaries · reserves · draftees

dike

Wall against flooding

• leveeRiver flood barrier
• embankmentRaised earth structure
• floodwallBarrier against rising water

berm · dam · barrier · seawall · earthwork · bulwark · rampart · fortification · riverbank · flood control

• ancient taxesannona, munera, poll tax, head tax, land tax
• French taxationcapitation, corvee, aides, salt tax, direct taxes
• tariffstariff, customs duty, import duty, tariff rates, import tax
• trade lawtrade law, trade regulations, trade laws, trade treaties, commercial law
• taxessales tax, income tax, estate tax, excise tax, corporate tax
• chargesfees, surcharges, service charges, service fees, processing fees