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Levy

ˈlɛvi

Levy definitions
verb
levies levying levied levy
  1. 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"

  2. 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"

noun
levies levy
  1. 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
  2. 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"