From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from
lever (“to raise”), from Latin lēvāre (“to raise, lift”).
Meanings
The act of levying.
The act of levying. ▸ A conscription action.
1835-1847, Connop Thirlwall, The History of Greece
A levy of all the men left under sixty.
The things or people so levied. ▸ A tax. ▸ A tax paid in money.
The first is that French people are more concerned about the poor health of their democracy – since the carbon levy they have campaigned for democratic reform (though this has proven harder to deliver than the tax U-turn). 2023 November 17, Oliver Haynes, “Five years on, the world is failing to learn the gilets jaunes’ lesson about class and climate”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
The Irish levies. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
The things or people so levied. ▸ A tax. ▸ A tax in kind.
The things or people so levied. ▸ Requisitioned supplies.
The things or people so levied. ▸ A body of conscripts.
To make up for their losses at the battle they [the professional army of Harold II, Anglo-Saxon King of England] had gathered levies of men from the counties they passed through on their way south. […] Ranged alongside these professionals were the levies: farmers and peasants, for the most part, who had been straggling in from all over the southern counties during the previous few days [before the Battle of Hastings in 1066]. 1978, James Burke, Connections, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 48:
fi verotettavat (tax, property or people so levied) · hu adószedés (act of levying) · de Abgabe (tax, property or people so levied) · af hef (act of levying) · mi karawhiunga (act of levying) · es gravamen (tax, property or people so levied) · fr prélèvement (act of levying) · hi उगाही (act of levying) · fi verotus (act of levying) · ca lleva (act of levying) · af heffing (tax, property or people so levied) · fi sotaväenotto (act of levying) · de Umlagenerhebung (act of levying) · fr impôt (act of levying) · fi ulosotto (of confiscation) (act of levying) · tr icra (act of levying) · fr taxe (act of levying) · ru взима́ние (act of levying) · fi takavarikko (of confiscation) (act of levying) · ru обложе́ние (act of levying) · bg събиране (act of levying) · de Erhebung (act of levying) · de Umlage (tax, property or people so levied) · fi verotulo (tax, property or people so levied) · fi vero (tax, property or people so levied) · de Abgabenerhebung (act of levying) · fi kutsunnat (act of levying) · ro taxare (act of levying) · ru сбор (act of levying) · fi värväys (act of levying) · sl dajatev (act of levying) · fi sakotus (act of levying) · bg облагане (act of levying) · ms levi (act of levying) · sv uttaxering (act of levying) · bg налог (tax, property or people so levied) · fi veronkanto (act of levying) · fi veronmaksajat (tax, property or people so levied) · fi värvääminen (act of levying) · txb eñcal (act of levying) · crh alım (act of levying) · cy treth (act of levying) · txb eñcil (tax, property or people so levied) · hu adóbehajtás (act of levying) · hu adóztatás (act of levying) · ro impozitare (act of levying) · tr haciz (act of levying) · hu adókivetés (act of levying)
From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from
lever (“to raise”), from Latin lēvāre (“to raise, lift”).
Meanings
(transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
In August, the company also announced that it would begin to levy fines on other vendors on its platform who over-package their products. 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:
to levy a tax
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
If they do this […] my ransom, then, / Will soon be levied. 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
To draft someone into military service.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
Augustine […] inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them. 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
To wage war.
To raise, as a siege.
Albeit hee saw that the siege was levied 1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:
To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
The new levying or inhancing of Weares Mills 1619, Michael Dalton, The Countrey Justice:
pl pobierać (to impose a tax) · hu elkoboz (to confiscate property) · hu kivet (to impose a tax) · bg мобилизирам (to draft into military service) · bg налагам (to impose a tax) · de einziehen (to draft into military service) · tr el koymak (to confiscate property) · cs zabavit (to confiscate property) · ro impozita (to impose a tax) · ja 課す (to impose a tax) · tr vergi toplamak (to impose a tax) · ja 開戦する (to wage war) · de erheben (to impose a tax) · hu behív (to draft into military service) · ru взима́ть (to impose a tax) · de erheben (to impose a fine) · hu zár alá vesz (to confiscate property) · es multar (to impose a fine) · fr lever (to impose a tax) · ja 徴兵する (to draft into military service) · cs uložit (pokutu) (to impose a fine) · fi käydä sotaa (to wage war) · fi verottaa (to impose a tax) · pt convocar (to draft into military service) · sl obdavčevati (to impose a tax) · hu kiró (to impose a tax) · fi ulosmitata (to confiscate property) · cs obstavit (to confiscate property) · fi takavarikoida (to confiscate property) · sk povolať (to draft into military service) · ja 科す (to impose a fine) · fi värvätä (to draft into military service) · hu hadat visel (to wage war) · cmn 課稅 /课税 (to impose a tax) · tr ceza almak (to impose a fine) · de in Beschlag nehmen (to confiscate property) · fi kutsua palvelukseen (to draft into military service) · fi ulosottaa (to confiscate property) · cs odvést (to draft into military service) · fi määrätä vero (to impose a tax) · fi sakottaa (to impose a fine) · hu kiszab (to impose a tax) · fi ottaa sotaväkeen (to draft into military service) · fi sotia (to wage war) · pl ściągać (to impose a tax) · ja 差し押さえる (to confiscate property) · ro recruta (to draft into military service) · fi antaa sakko (to impose a fine) · bg налагам (to impose a fine) · hu kiszab (to impose a fine) · bg конфискувам (to confiscate property) · sk vyrúbiť (to impose a tax) · mi whakaeke (to impose a tax) · it imporre (to impose a tax) · hu harcol (to wage war) · es reclutar (to draft into military service) · hu lefoglal (to confiscate property) · fi kantaa (to impose a tax) · de einziehen (to confiscate property) · tr haczetmek (to confiscate property) · hu kiró (to impose a fine) · hu besoroz (to draft into military service) · mi karawhiu (to draft into military service) · tr askere almak (to draft into military service) · nan-hbl 抾稅 /抾税 (to impose a tax) · hu háborúzik (to wage war) · tr tarhetmek (to impose a tax) · hu kivet (to impose a fine) · cs uvalit (to impose a tax) · cs uložit (daň) (to impose a tax) · hu behajt (to raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority) · ro taxa (to impose a tax) · sk vyrúbiť (to impose a fine)
(Pennsylvania, US, Virginia, obsolete, qualifier:Maryland) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.