levy

Meaning

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.

levy en masse

collect taxes

yield

seize property

ratable tax

deductions made beforehand

goods and services tax

tax gathering

selective service

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛ.vi/

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

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