levy

[ lev-ee ]

/ ˈlɛv i /

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noun, plural lev·ies.

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), lev·ied, lev·y·ing.

to impose (a tax): to levy a duty on imports.

to conscript (troops).

to start or wage (war).

verb (used without object), lev·ied, lev·y·ing.

to seize or attach property by judicial order.

OTHER WORDS FOR levy

6 draft, enlist, callup.

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Origin of levy

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English leve(e), from Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of lever “to raise,” from Latin levāre, akin to levis “light”; cf. levee²

OTHER WORDS FROM levy

re·lev·y, verb (used with object), re·lev·ied, re·lev·y·ing.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH levy

levee, levy

Words nearby levy

levorotation, levorotatory, levorphanol, levulinic acid, levulose, levy, Lévy-Bruhl, levy en masse, Lew, lewd, lewdness

Other definitions for levy (2 of 2)

Levy

[ lee-vee, lev-ee for 1; lee-vee, -vahy for 2 ]

/ ˈli vi, ˈlɛv i for 1; ˈli vi, -vaɪ for 2 /

noun

Uriah Phillips, 1792–1862, U.S. naval commander.

a male given name.

How to use levy in a sentence

Prodigiously researched, elegantly written and relentlessly interesting, Levy’s opus should be required reading for every college history and economics major.
From commerce to chaos: An economic history of the United States|Steven Pearlstein|June 4, 2021|Washington Post
With no forensic evidence or eyewitnesses, that key witness, Armando Morales, was the sole direct link between Guandique and Levy.
Ex-federal prosecutors in Chandra Levy murder case dispute allegations they withheld information on key witness|Keith L. Alexander|May 28, 2021|Washington Post
The measures would have lowered the threshold at which workers start paying income tax, raised levies on businesses and expanded VAT.
'There's No Easy Way Out of This.' How Anti-Government Protests in Colombia Escalated into Deadly Clashes with Police|Ciara Nugent|May 7, 2021|Time
The book breaks down Levy’s so-called “Influence Equation”—how influence is determined by the integrity of your relationships and the strength of the community you’re part of, or trying to build—to demonstrate his way of forming bonds with others.
How to Make Meaningful Connections in the Age of Zoom, According to the Author of You’re Invited|Megan McCluskey|May 7, 2021|Time

In addition to hosting the events, Levy runs a consulting firm that works with companies to help them connect with their employees and customers through applying research in neuroscience, psychology, behavioral economics and more.
How to Make Meaningful Connections in the Age of Zoom, According to the Author of You’re Invited|Megan McCluskey|May 7, 2021|Time
He raised the device in front of his face, eyeing it suspiciously from behind his Eugene Levy eyebrows.
Inside Uber’s Political War Machine|Olivia Nuzzi|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
French philosopher Bernard Henri Levy has been a staunch defender of the right to offend and blaspheme--when it comes to Islam.
How (Not) to Fight Racism and Anti-Semitism|Jacob Mchangama|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the mixed city of Haifa, for example, the Jewish mayor Shabtai Levy met with Arab leaders just before the war broke out.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Ari Shavit’s My Promised Land|Sol Stern|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Arab leaders told Levy that they had been ordered out—and even threatened—by al-Husseini and must obey.
The Triumph and Tragedy of Ari Shavit’s My Promised Land|Sol Stern|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Bain investment is likely welcome news for retailers such as Levy.
The Cult of Canada Goose|Keli Goff|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If this stinking quartet takes it into its head to levy annual blackmail, where is the money coming from?
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Whatever property on which a levy could have been made by judicial process against the bankrupt passes to the trustee.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
But the levy could not be collected till Michaelmas, and meantime the King appealed for an advance.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Maybe if we did go with Thorgils we should meet many more men on the way to the levy also.
A Prince of Cornwall|Charles W. Whistler
King Harald sent round the whole of Norway calling out a levy, one half of the general war-muster.
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British Dictionary definitions for levy

levy

/ (ˈlɛvɪ) /

verb levies, levying or levied (tr)

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 plural levies

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

Derived forms of levy

levier, noun

Word Origin for levy

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

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