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   Le·vy

   /ˈlevē/

   

   verb

   • 1. impose (a tax, fee, or fine): "a new tax could be levied on industry to pay for cleaning up contaminated land" Similar imposechargeexactdemandraisecollectgathertaxrare:mulct
   • ▪ impose a tax, fee, or fine on: "there will be powers to levy the owner" Similar imposechargeexactdemandraisecollectgathertaxrare:mulct
   • ▪ seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgment: "there were no goods to levy upon"
   • 2. enlist (someone) for military service: archaic "he sought to levy one man from each parish for service" Similar conscriptcall upenlistmobilizerallymustermarshalpressrecruitraiseassembleround updraftOpposite demobilizedisband
   • ▪ begin to wage (war): "they then proceeded without further ceremony to levy war upon the king"

   noun

   • 1. an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine: "union members were hit with a 2 percent levy on all pay" Similar taxtarifftollexcisedutyfeeimpositionimpostexactionassessmenttithepaymentrare:mulcttaxationcustomsdues
   • ▪ a tax so raised: "we all pay a fossil fuel levy in our electricity bills"
   • ▪ a sum collected for a specific purpose, especially as a supplement to an existing subscription. Similar impositionchargingexactionraisingcollectiongathering
   • ▪ an item or set of items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgment.
   • 2. an act of enlisting troops: historical "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" Similar conscriptsmilitia

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever ‘raise’, from Latin levare, from levis ‘light’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. leviable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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