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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary levy
(plural lev·ies) ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French levé, literally, raising, from lever to raise — more at lever DATE 13th century 1. a. the imposition or collection of an assessment b. an amount levied 2. a. the enlistment or conscription of men for military service b. troops raised by levy
verb (lev·ied ; levy·ing) DATE 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to impose or collect by legal authority levy a tax b. to require by authority 2. to enlist or conscript for military service 3. to carry on (war) : wage intransitive verb : to seize property English Etymology levy levy (v.) 1227, "act of raising or collecting," from Anglo-Fr. leve,from O.Fr . levée "act of raising," noun use of fem. pp. of lever "to raise" (see lever). Originally of taxes, later of men for armies (1500). The noun meaning "an act of levying" is from 1427.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 levy levy / 5levi / noun(pl. -ies) ~ (on sth) an extra amount of money that has to be paid, especially as a tax to the government 征收额；(尤指)税款: to put / impose a levy on oil imports 对进口石油征税 ⇨ note at tax verb(lev·ies, levy·ing, lev·ied, lev·ied) [VN] ~ sth (on sb / sth) to use official authority to demand and collect a payment, tax, etc. 征收；征(税): a tax levied by the government on excess company profits 政府对公司超额利润征收的税 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun Synonyms: TAX 1, assessment, ||cess, duty, impost, tariffn. Function: verb to determine and require satisfaction of (as a tax or obligation) FF1C;several broad-based taxes were leviedFF1E; Synonyms: assess, exact, impose, put (on or upon) Related Words: extort, wrest, wring; charge, lay (on or upon), place, set Contrasted Words: remit; abate, diminish, lessen Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: levy court , or levy en masse , or levy in mass , or capital levy , or equitable levy 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 levytaxes 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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