Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• LEVY
  
  Under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act the government has imposed a levy (in 1997 equal to 5%) over all dividends paid to unsecured creditors. Therefore, if a creditor is entitled to a $100 dividend, he will only get $95 with $5 being paid to the government.
  
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