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levy

to impose a tax: to levy a duty on imports; the amount owed or collected; the conscription of troops

Not to be confused with:

levee – embankment to prevent flooding: The levee might fail in hurricane conditions.

lev·y

(lĕv′ē)

v. lev·ied, lev·y·ing, lev·ies

v.tr.

a. To impose (a tax or fine, for example) on someone.

b. To impose a tax, fine, or other punishment on (a person or business).

2. To enlist or conscript into military service: levy recruits.

3. To declare and wage (a war).

v.intr.

To confiscate property, especially in accordance with a legal judgment.

n. pl. lev·ies

1. The act or process of levying.

2. Money, property, or troops levied.

[Middle English levien, from leve, levy, tax, from Old French levee, from feminine past participle of lever, to raise; see lever.]

lev′i·er n.

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levy

(ˈlɛvɪ)

vb (tr) , levies, levying or levied

1. (Economics) to impose and collect (a tax, tariff, fine, etc)

2. (Military) to conscript troops for service

3. (Law) to seize or attach (property) in accordance with the judgment of a court

n, pl levies

4. (Economics)

a. the act of imposing and collecting a tax, tariff, etc

b. the money so raised

5. (Military)

a. the conscription of troops for service

b. a person conscripted in this way

[C15: from Old French levée a raising, from lever, from Latin levāre to raise]

ˈlevier n

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lev•y

(ˈlɛv i)

n., pl. lev•ies, n.

1. an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.

2. the amount owed or collected.

3. the conscription of troops.

4. the troops conscripted.

v.t.

5. to impose (a tax, fine, etc.): to levy a duty on imports.

6. to conscript (troops).

7. to start or wage (war).

v.i.

8. to seize or attach property by judicial order.

[1375–1425; late Middle English leve(e) < Middle French, n. use of feminine past participle of lever to raise; see levee²]

Levy

a collection together of things levied; a meeting of scholars on some matter relating to the school; a body of men assembled or enrolled.

Examples: levy of horse, 1888; of money; of school, 1857.

levy

Past participle: levied
Gerund: levying

Imperative
levy
levy

Present
I levy
you levy
he/she/it levies
we levy
you levy
they levy

Preterite
I levied
you levied
he/she/it levied
we levied
you levied
they levied

Present Continuous
I am levying
you are levying
he/she/it is levying
we are levying
you are levying
they are levying

Present Perfect
I have levied
you have levied
he/she/it has levied
we have levied
you have levied
they have levied

Past Continuous
I was levying
you were levying
he/she/it was levying
we were levying
you were levying
they were levying

Past Perfect
I had levied
you had levied
he/she/it had levied
we had levied
you had levied
they had levied

Future
I will levy
you will levy
he/she/it will levy
we will levy
you will levy
they will levy

Future Perfect
I will have levied
you will have levied
he/she/it will have levied
we will have levied
you will have levied
they will have levied

Future Continuous
I will be levying
you will be levying
he/she/it will be levying
we will be levying
you will be levying
they will be levying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been levying
you have been levying
he/she/it has been levying
we have been levying
you have been levying
they have been levying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been levying
you will have been levying
he/she/it will have been levying
we will have been levying
you will have been levying
they will have been levying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been levying
you had been levying
he/she/it had been levying
we had been levying
you had been levying
they had been levying

Conditional
I would levy
you would levy
he/she/it would levy
we would levy
you would levy
they would levy

Past Conditional
I would have levied
you would have levied
he/she/it would have levied
we would have levied
you would have levied
they would have levied

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Noun	1.	levy - a charge imposed and collected revenue enhancement, tax, taxation - charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government tithe - a levy of one tenth of something charge - financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate"
	2.	levy - the act of drafting into military service levy en masse conscription, muster, selective service, draft - compulsory military service
Verb	1.	levy - impose and collect; "levy a fine" impose toll - charge a fee for using; "Toll the bridges into New York City" tithe - levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); "The wool was tithed" reimpose - impose anew; "The fine was reimposed" lay - impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone" mulct - impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering" tax - levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state" bill, charge - demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" distrain - levy a distress on
	2.	levy - cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" recruit, raise muster in, draft, enlist - engage somebody to enter the army

levy

noun

1. tax, fee, toll, tariff, duty, assessment, excise, imposition, impost, exaction an annual motorway levy on all drivers

verb

1. impose, charge, tax, collect, gather, demand, exact Taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament.

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levy

verb

1. To establish and apply as compulsory:

assess, exact, impose, put.

2. To enroll compulsorily in military service:

conscript, draft, induct.

noun

1. Compulsory enrollment in military service:

conscription, draft, induction.

2. A compulsory contribution, usually of money, that is required for the support of a government:

assessment, duty, impost, tariff, tax.

Translations

جِبايَه، تَجْنيد إجْباريمال أو جَيش مُجَنَّديَفْرِض ضَريبَه، يُجَنِّدُ جيشا

daňodvádětodvedenciodvoduložit

afgiftpålæggeskatskatteopkrævning

Abgabe auferlegen Aushebung erheben Erhebung

recaudar reclutar imponer impuesto

prélever taxation

beszedkivetsoroz

leggja á/innheimta skatta; skrá í herskattlagning; herkvaîningskattur

arruolare imporre imposizione imposta leva

rinkliava

aplikšanaapliktiesaukšanaiesauktiesaukums

skatteutskrivning skrive ut tvangsutskrevet mannskap tvangsutskrivning

взимать

odvádzať

toplama toplamaktoplanan asker/vergi

征兵征募征召征税所征收的税款

levy

[ˈlevɪ]

A. N

1. (= act) → exacción f (de tributos); (= tax) → impuesto m

2. (Mil) → leva f

B. VT

1. (= impose) [+ tax, fine] → imponer (on a) (= collect) [+ contribution] → recaudar

2. (Mil) → reclutar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

levy

[ˈlɛvi]

n → taxe f, impôt m

(= impose) [+ tax, fine] → lever
the outrageous new taxes that were levied to pay for the war → ces scandaleux nouveaux impôts qui furent levés pour payer la guerre
to levy a tax on sb → lever un impôt sur qn, imposer qn
to levy a tax on sth → lever un impôt sur qch, imposer qch

(= collect) → percevoir

levy

n (= act) → (Steuer)einziehung f → or -eintreibung f; (= tax) → Steuer f, → Abgaben pl; (Mil) → Aushebung f; (of supplies) → Einziehung f, → Beschlagnahme f; there were 100 men in the first levy → 100 Männer wurden bei der ersten Aushebung eingezogen; political levy (Brit Pol) zur Unterstützung der Labour Party verwendeter Teil des Gewerkschaftsbeitrags

(= raise) tax → einziehen, erheben; charge → erheben; fine → auferlegen (on sb jdm); sanctions → verhängen; (Mil) army, troops → ausheben; supplies → einziehen, beschlagnahmen; to levy a tax on beer → Bier mit einer Steuer belegen, Steuern pl → auf Bier erheben

(= wage) war → führen (against, on gegen)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

levy

[ˈlɛvɪ]

1. n (amount) → imposta, tassa; (collection) → riscossione f

2. vt (tax, contributions) → imporre; (fine) → elevare; (army) → arruolare

levy

(ˈlevi) verb

to raise or collect (especially an army or a tax). A tax was levied on tabacco.

noun – plural ˈlevies –

1. soldiers or money collected by order. a levy on imports.

2. the act of levying.

References in classic literature ?

Just as the different parties were about to set out on the 3d of July, on their opposite routes, Captain Bonneville received intelligence that Wyeth, the indefatigable leader of the salmon-fishing enterprise, who had parted with him about a year previously on the banks of the Bighorn, to descend that wild river in a bull boat, was near at hand, with a new levied band of hunters and trappers, and was on his way once more to the banks of the Columbia,

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Do these fundamental principles require, particularly, that no tax should be levied without the intermediate agency of the States?

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It was also published in the Wall Street Journal, and it was to the effect, on apparently straight inside information, that on Thursday, when the directors of Ward Valley met, instead of the customary dividend being declared, an assessment would be levied. It was the first check Daylight had received.

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