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The definition of levy is a required or collected fee or tax.

(noun)

An example of levy is sales tax.

Levy is defined as to force into military service or to declare and fight in a war.

(verb)

An example of levy is the military draft.

See levy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. levies

an imposing and collecting of a tax or other payment
an amount levied; tax, etc.
1. the enlistment, usually compulsory, of personnel, as for military service
2. a group so enlisted

Origin: ME levee < MFr, fem. pp. of lever, to raise: see lever

transitive verb levied, levying

to impose or collect (a tax, tribute, fine, etc.)
to enlist (troops) for military service, usually by force
to wage (war)

intransitive verb

to make a levy
Law to seize property in order to satisfy a judgment: often with on

See levy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb lev·ied, lev·y·ing, lev·ies

verb, transitive

To impose or collect (a tax, for example).
To draft into military service.
To declare and wage (a war).

verb, intransitive

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

noun pl. lev·ies

The act or process of levying.
Money, property, or troops levied.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English levien

Origin: , from leve, levy, tax

Origin: , from Old French levee

Origin: , from

Origin: feminine past participle of lever, to raise; see lever

Related Forms:

levˈi·er noun

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