Levy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈlevɪ|
Brit.
|ˈlevɪ|
noun
- a charge imposed and collected
- the act of drafting into military service
- the act of drafting into military service
verb
- impose and collect (syn: impose)
levy a fine
- cause to assemble or enlist in the military (syn: raise, recruit)Extra examples
...the legislators approved a new levy on imported cattle to help protect American ranchers...
They levied a tax on imports.
The government will levy a fine on the company.
Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor.
They are going to have to levy some new taxes.
They are new levied men, and so undisciplined.
He wants to impose a levy on landfill waste.
They imposed a 5% levy on alcohol.
No city has a right to levy or collect a tax without State authority.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: levy
he/she/it: levies
present participle: levying
past tense: levied
past participle: levied
I/you/we/they: levy
he/she/it: levies
present participle: levying
past tense: levied
past participle: levied
noun
singular: levy
plural: levies
singular: levy
plural: levies
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