The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LEVY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LEVY
- Raise up pretty velvet covers
- Raising of troops that could reduce our capital
- English penned by historian, one leaving draft
- Tax — it’s fun to avoid it
- Raise artificial embankment for audience
- Tax: it's not involved in light-heartedness
- What must be paid, lavish, expensive, vexes you at outset
- . Liberal green state abolishing new tax
- Large sin avoiding new tax
- Raise tax
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The straight part
We know that "tax" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tax = levy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LEVY mean?
LEVY noun- The act of levying.
- The tax, property or people so levied.
- To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
- To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
- To draft someone into military service.
- To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
- To wage war.
- To raise, as a siege.
- To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
- The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.