英语词汇“levy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	levy
释义	levy I. \ˈlevē, -vi\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English levee, levy, from Middle French levee levy, action of raising, from Old French, action of raising, from feminine of levé, past participle of lever to raise — more at lever 1. a. : the imposition or collection of an assessment, tax, tribute, or fine < make a levy on all meat, out of which to pay the running costs of the … organization — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > specifically : the taking of property on execution to satisfy a judgment < it authorizes a levy upon property of the witness — E.D.Dickinson > b. : an amount levied : impost, tax < a direct food levy was imposed — Leonard Mason > 2. a. : the enlistment or conscription of men for military service : muster < the levy of the militia, which had previously been confined to the countryside, was extended to Paris — Evelyn Cruickshanks > b. : the troops raised by a levy < defeat followed by victory had transmuted green levies into veteran soldiers — Peter Rainier > < levies, who were eating the village out of hearth and home — Marguerite Steen > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English levyen, levien, from levee, levy, n. *transitive verb* 1. a. : to impose or collect (as a tax or tribute) by legal process or by authority : exact < we cannot levy unlimited drafts on the future to avoid bankruptcy in the present — W.R.Inge > < there will be no European army if the exclusive right to levy taxes is left to individual governments — European Federation Now > < the time-honored graft that policemen usually levy on prostitutes — Green Peyton > < levied a heavy fine for contempt of court > b. : to exact or require (as a service) by authority or power < upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service unto this day — 1 Kings 9:21 (Authorized Version) > 2. : to enlist or conscript for military service < go levy men and make prepare for war — Shakespeare > < the armies of the early 17th century were mercenary, rapidly levied, disbanded again, haphazard — Hilaire Belloc > 3. : to carry on (war) : make, wage < treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort — U.S. Constitution > < only a skirmish in the general war levied upon social distinctions — V.L.Parrington > 4. law a. : to seize in satisfaction of a legal claim or judgment b. : to carry into effect (as a writ of execution) : enforce c. : to arrange (a fine) in settlement of a suit to establish title to land < she was also prohibited from levying a fine — Joshua Williams > *intransitive verb* 1. : to seize real or personal property or subject it to attachment or execution : make a levy < levied on the judgment debtor's property under an execution > 2. : to draw for provisions or resources — usually used with on < I have levied on many writers for my essential conception of American culture — Max Lerner > < had levied on their cellars to produce new offerings — A.J.Liebling > III. noun (-es) Etymology: by shortening & alteration from eleven pence (approximate value of the coin) 1. : a Spanish real — used especially in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware 2. : the sum of 12 1/2 cents
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