levy

Plural: levies

Noun

a charge imposed and collected
the act of drafting into military service
The act of levying.
The act of levying.
A conscription action.
The things or people so levied.
A tax.
A tax paid in money.
The things or people so levied.
A tax.
A tax in kind.
The things or people so levied.
Requisitioned supplies.
The things or people so levied.
A body of conscripts.
The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

Verb

Verb Forms: levied, levying, levies

To impose or collect a tax, fee, or fine by authority.
impose and collect
- "levy a fine"
cause to assemble or enlist in the military
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.

Examples

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to levy a tax

Origin / Etymology

From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from lever (“to raise”).

Synonyms

impose, levy en masse, raise, recruit

Scrabble Score: 10

levy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
levy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
levy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

levy: valid Words With Friends Word