levy

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Verb

1. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
2. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
3. To draft someone into military service.
4. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
5. To wage war.
6. To raise, as a siege.
7. To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

Noun

1. The act of levying.
2. The tax, property, or people so levied.

Noun

The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

Sînonîm

tax

impose

taxation

collect

draft

duty

enlistment

recruit

fee

toll

tribute

levy en masse

imposition

collection

charge

raise

call up

enlist

inflict

conscript

conscription

exact

collecting

assess

impost

collect taxes

yield

scot

callup

gabelle

seize property

ratable tax

deductions made beforehand

goods and services tax

tax gathering

assessment

call out

cash

💸

cess

customs

🛃

decree

draught

due

enforce

fine

imposing

impress

impressment

induct

lay

levying

lift

muster

put on

rate

receipts

recruitment

selective service

taxes

tithe

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ˈlɛ.vi/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from lever (“to raise”).