By Laura Leslie. Raleigh, N.C. â Car repairs, home improvement jobs and appliance delivery and installation got a little more expensive in North Carolina on Tuesday. State and local sales tax is now collected on some labor charges. In Wake County, that's an extra 6.75 percent for a mechanic's time or the installation fees charged by Home Depot, Lowe's Home Improvement and others.
Invocation is defined as the act of appealing to a higher authority for help. An example of invocation is when you turn to an authority for help in proving your point, invoking or relying on the authority.
late 14c., petition (to God or a god) for aid or comfort; invocation, prayer; also a summoning of evil spirits, from Old French invocacion (12c.), from Latin invocationem (nominative invocatio), noun of action from past participle stem of invocare to call upon, invoke, appeal to (see invoke).