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Levy
ˈlɛvi
- impose (a tax, fee, or fine)
"a tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes"
- impose a tax, fee, or fine on
"there will be powers to levy the owner"
- seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgement
"there were no goods to levy upon"
- enlist (someone) for military service
"he sought to levy one man from each vill for service"
- begin to wage (war)
"they then proceeded without further ceremony to levy war upon the king"
- an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine
"police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates"
- a tax raised by levying
"we all pay a fossil fuel levy in our electricity bills"
- a sum collected as a supplement to an existing subscription
"the trade-union political levy"
- an item or items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgement
- an act of enlisting troops
"Edward I and Edward II had made substantial use of the feudal levy for raising an army"
- a body of troops that have been enlisted
"lightly armed local levies"