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[ lev -ee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈlɛv i / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun, plural lev·ies. an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
the amount owed or collected.
the conscription of troops.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object), lev·ied, lev·y·ing. to impose (a tax): to levy a duty on imports.
to conscript (troops).
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object), lev·ied, lev·y·ing. to seize or attach property by judicial order.
Origin of levy 1375–1425; late Middle English leve (e ) <Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of lever to raise <Latin levāre, akin to levis light; cf. levee2
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OTHER WORDS FROM levy re·lev·y, verb (used with object), re·lev·ied, re·lev·y·ing. self-levied, adjective un·lev·ied, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH levy levee, levy Words nearby levy Levoxyl, Lev's syndrome, levulinic acid, levulose, levulosemia, levy , Lévy-Bruhl, levy en masse, Lew, lewd, lewdness
Definition for levy (2 of 2) [ lee -vee, lev -ee for 1 ; lee -vee, -vahy for 2 ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈli vi, ˈlɛv i for 1 ; ˈli vi, -vaɪ for 2 / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Uriah Phillips, 1792–1862, U.S. naval commander.
a male given name.
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British Dictionary definitions for levy verb levies , levying or levied (tr) to impose and collect (a tax, tariff, fine, etc)
to conscript troops for service
to seize or attach (property) in accordance with the judgment of a court
noun plural levies the act of imposing and collecting a tax, tariff, etc the money so raised the conscription of troops for service a person conscripted in this way
Derived forms of levy levier , noun Word Origin for levy C15: from Old French levée a raising, from lever, from Latin levāre to raise
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