Levy
['levɪ] or ['lɛvi]
Definition
(noun.) the act of drafting into military service.
(noun.) a charge imposed and collected.
(verb.) impose and collect; 'levy a fine'.
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Definition
(n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
(n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
(n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
(n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
(v. t.) To raise, as a siege.
(v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
(v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
(v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
(v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
(v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
(v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
Editor: Monica
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Raise, muster, call together.[2]. Collect, gather.
Editor: Margie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Raise, impose, muster, exact
ANT:Forego, surrender, reimburse, repay, liquidate
Typist: Rudy
Definition
v.t. to raise: to collect by authority as an army or a tax:—pr.p. lev′ying; pa.t. and pa.p. lev′ied.—n. the act of collecting by authority: the troops so collected.
Typist: Nadine
Examples
- The army he found in Macedonia consisted of a general foot levy and a noble equestrian order called the companions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The customs officers immediately began to levy the duty on the products of Arkwright’s mills, claiming that the goods were in reality calicoes, although they were made in England. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- After all, our little piratical excursions are very innocent—no bloodshed—no violence—no burning of houses; we—we only levy toll, so to speak. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- From others he demands a certain sum, but leaves it to the states of each province to assess and levy that sum as they think proper. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His plan was to levy a direct tax upon the separate states, and collect, at the ports left open to trade, a duty on all imports. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They levy this composition in what manner they please, generally in a way that gives no interruption to the interior commerce of the place. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The duties of excise are, upon this account, more unpopular than those of the customs; and so are the officers who levy them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Capitation taxes are levied at little expense; and, where they are rigorously exacted, afford a very sure revenue to the state. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The vingtieme seems not to have raised the rate of those annuities, though it is exactly levied upon them all. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- By means of this system, there is annually levied in Great Britain, upon less than eight millions of people, more than ten millions of revenue. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In France, the duties upon tobacco and salt are levied in this manner. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This great revenue, too, might be levied without the appointment of a single new officer to collect and receive it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Upon such a fund, no more money would probably be advanced than what the tax to be levied in Great Britain might be supposed to answer for. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He began to order new levies and gather fresh armies amidst the wreckage of his world empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In some provinces of France, the king not only imposes what taxes he thinks proper, but assesses and levies them in the way he thinks proper. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- For many such purposes gangs of captives were cheaper and far more controllable than levies of the king's own people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Scotch revolted, and the English levies Charles raised to fight them mutinied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He commanded an admirable army, against which the comparatively inexpert Roman levies could at first do little. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In addition to this, the new levies of troops that were being raised in the North-west went to Thomas as rapidly as enrolled and equipped. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His army was just such another composite host as Darius had led into Thrace or Alexander defeated at Issus; it was a medley of levies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He entertained the notion of making the use of gas and coke compulsory, by levying a tax on all who obstinately refused to adopt what would be so much to their own advantage. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The other most obvious explanation is that the child has been kidnapped for the purpose of levying ransom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The best and most frugal way of levying a tax can never be by farm. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It might, too, be a good deal more expensive in the levying. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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