prélever
Meanings
Verb
1. to take (sur from) (transitive)
2. to take (blood), remove (an organ), harvest (an organ) (transitive, medicine)
3. to take out, withdraw (money) (transitive)
4. to deduct, to subtract (numbers, or percentages) (transitive)
Examples2
Une taxe spéciale est prélevée sur les très hauts revenus.
A special tax is imposed on very high incomes.
On sait que l'achour est la dîme prélevée sur les récoltes.
We know that the achour is the tax collected on harvests.