English Explanatory Dictionary

levy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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. A conscription action.
  3. The things or people so levied.
  4. A tax.
  5. A tax paid in money.
  6. A tax in kind.
  7. Requisitioned supplies.
  8. A body of conscripts.
  9. A shilling.
noun
  1. The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
  3. A male given name.
  4. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, South Carolina, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɛ.vi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-levy.wav /ˈliː.vi/

Word forms

levy levies levying levied Levie

Etymology

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

Related words

Levi

Derived words

leviable levier relevy unlevied latte levy levy en masse workplace parking levy Levy County

Translations

Afrikaans: hef Afrikaans: heffing Bulgarian: събиране Bulgarian: облагане Bulgarian: налог Catalan: lleva Crimean Tatar: alım Finnish: veronkanto Finnish: verotus Finnish: sakotus Finnish: takavarikko (of confiscation) Finnish: ulosotto (of confiscation) Finnish: sotaväenotto Finnish: kutsunnat Finnish: värväys Finnish: värvääminen Finnish: verotettavat Finnish: veronmaksajat Finnish: vero French: impôt French: prélèvement French: taxe German: Erhebung German: Abgabenerhebung German: Umlagenerhebung German: Umlage German: Abgabe Hindi: उगाही Hungarian: adószedés Hungarian: adókivetés Hungarian: adóbehajtás Hungarian: adóztatás Malay: levi Māori: karawhiunga Romanian: impozitare Romanian: taxare Russian: сбор Russian: взима́ние Russian: обложе́ние Slovene: dajatev Swedish: uttaxering Tocharian B: eñcal Tocharian B: eñcil Turkish: icra Turkish: haciz Welsh: treth Spanish: gravamen
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