levy
IPA: ɫˈɛvi
noun
- The act of levying.
- The tax, property, or people so levied.
- (US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
- A surname from Irish.
- A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
- A male given name
verb
- (transitive) 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.
- (law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
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Examples of "levy" in Sentences
- Is there a law regarding with levy
- The levy is collected by the Customs Service.
- The proposal for the levy, however, was defeated.
- The government charged additional levy on the company.
- The levy is the actual act of seizure of the property.
- At the time of the work Levy was an untutored young man.
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