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levy
1[ lev-ee ]
noun
- an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- the amount owed or collected.
- the conscription of troops.
- the troops conscripted.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- to seize or attach property by judicial order.
Levy
2[ lee-vee, lev-ee lee-vee, -vahy ]
noun
- Uriah Phillips, 1792–1862, U.S. naval commander.
- a male given name.
levy
/ ˈlɛvɪ /
verb
- to impose and collect (a tax, tariff, fine, etc)
- to conscript troops for service
- to seize or attach (property) in accordance with the judgment of a court
noun
- the act of imposing and collecting a tax, tariff, etc
- the money so raised
- the conscription of troops for service
- a person conscripted in this way
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Derived Forms
- ˈlevier, noun
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Other Words From
- re·lev·y verb (used with object) relevied relevying
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of levy1
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Example Sentences
He raised the device in front of his face, eyeing it suspiciously from behind his Eugene Levy eyebrows.
French philosopher Bernard Henri Levy has been a staunch defender of the right to offend and blaspheme--when it comes to Islam.
In the mixed city of Haifa, for example, the Jewish mayor Shabtai Levy met with Arab leaders just before the war broke out.
The Arab leaders told Levy that they had been ordered out—and even threatened—by al-Husseini and must obey.
The Bain investment is likely welcome news for retailers such as Levy.
If this stinking quartet takes it into its head to levy annual blackmail, where is the money coming from?
Whatever property on which a levy could have been made by judicial process against the bankrupt passes to the trustee.
But the levy could not be collected till Michaelmas, and meantime the King appealed for an advance.
Maybe if we did go with Thorgils we should meet many more men on the way to the levy also.
King Harald sent round the whole of Norway calling out a levy, one half of the general war-muster.
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