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Levy

/ˈlɛ.vi/

The act of levying.

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📖 Definitions of "Levy"

noun

1
The act of levying.
2
The tax, property or people so levied.

verb

1
To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
"to levy a tax"
2
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
3
To draft someone into military service.
4
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.

🔄 Synonyms of "Levy"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
imposeverb	(transitive) (figurative) To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see verb, sense 1.2.1) with authority.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
conscriptnoun	One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.
recruitverb	To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
levy en massenoun	(military) A requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Levy"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
conscriptnoun	One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.
recruitnoun	A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
imposenoun	(obsolete) An act of placing or putting on something chiefly immaterial, especially something regarded as burdensome as a duty, a task, etc.; an imposition.
raisenoun	(curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
levy en massenoun	(military) A requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.
taxationnoun	The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
chargenoun	The amount of money levied for a service.
chargeable	(of expenses etc.) That may be charged to an account.
taxnoun	Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).
paymentnoun	(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
surchargenoun	An addition of extra charge on the agreed, stated, or baseline price.
chargebacknoun	(banking) A reversal of an accounting entry, especially of a disputed credit-card transaction.
debitingnoun	The act of making a debit in accounting.
procurementnoun	(countable) The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
assessmentnoun	An appraisal or evaluation.
debitnoun	A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.
donationnoun	A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
feenoun	An amount charged for a privilege.
ratenoun	The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
assessverb	(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.