heavy taxation

collocation in English

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heavy
adjective
uk
/ˈhev.i/us
/ˈhev.i/
weighing a lot, and needing effort to move ...
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taxation
noun[U]
uk
/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/us
/tækˈseɪ.ʃən/
the system of ...
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(Definition ofheavyandtaxationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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When necessary, the guilds appealed to the government through petitions againstheavytaxation.
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It created state marketing agencies, imposed strict regulatory laws andheavytaxation, in order to pursue its welfare and predatory nationalism.
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First, it is by no means clear that the fifteenth maintained its yield in the years ofheavytaxationafter 1585.
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State expansion was financed byheavytaxationof the cocoa sub-sector and excessive foreign borrowing.
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One of the topics addressed by the investigators at this time was the impact ofheavytaxationon petty traders.
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Is it not outrageous that such transactions should be subjected toheavytaxationof a wholly unmeritorious and unnecessary character?
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Butheavytaxation, rates and building requirements are driving landladies of this type out of existence.
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If you adopt it, you would naturally seek occasions, and even pretexts, for imposingheavytaxationupon the public.
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One of the saddest things in modern times is the way in which the rich have been penalised byheavytaxation.
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I read an interesting account this week of one chairman with £90,000 a year bemoaning his fate because of theheavytaxationhe has to meet.
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How can any industrial enterprise find reserves if there is not something adequate left for the purpose after theheavytaxationit has to pay.
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Heavytaxationmust hamper our trade, as it will keep the foreigner from sending us, as in the past, his capital for safekeeping and investment.
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I begin to wonder whether the new vision which the party opposite has is of excessivelyheavytaxationfrom the cradle to the grave.
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He is rightly appalled by the continuing rise in expenditure and by theheavytaxationwhich this entails.
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I was saying that the industry is now beginning to feel the draught of this veryheavytaxation.
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They have had behind them an open treasury, with a generous public ever ready to lend or acceptheavytaxation.
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Heavytaxationin this bracket only minimally contributes to the total revenue received.
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The people who suffer most from arbitrary andheavytaxationare those with children to support.
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Heavytaxationalways causes revolt in any community.
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It is tremendouslyheavytaxation, but why is it tolerated?
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