What (who) is levy - definition
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Lévy; Levies; Levy (disambiguation); Levying; Lévy (disambiguation)
Levying
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Levy.
levy
['l?vi]
¦ noun (plural levies)
1. the imposition of a tax, fee, fine, or subscription.
a sum of money raised by levying.
2. an item or items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgement.
3. archaic a body of enlisted troops.
¦ verb (levies, levying, levied)
1. impose or seize as a levy.
2. archaic enlist for military service.
3. archaic begin to wage (war).
Derivatives
leviable adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. levee, feminine past participle of lever 'raise', from L. levare, from levis 'light'.
levy
(levies, levying, levied)
1.
A levy is a sum of money that you have to pay, for example as a tax to the government.
...an annual motorway levy on all drivers.
N-COUNT
2.
If a government or organization levies a tax or other sum of money, it demands it from people or organizations.
They levied religious taxes on Christian commercial transactions...
Taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament.
VERB: V n on n, V n
Pronunciation examples for levy
1. STEVEN LEVY: Right.
The New Journalism Frontier _ Steven Levy _ Talks at Google
2. STEVEN LEVY: Interesting.
The New Journalism Frontier _ Steven Levy _ Talks at Google
3. STEVEN LEVY: Hm?
The New Journalism Frontier _ Steven Levy _ Talks at Google
4. STEVEN LEVY: Right.
The New Journalism Frontier _ Steven Levy _ Talks at Google
5. STEVEN LEVY: Thanks, Richard.
The New Journalism Frontier _ Steven Levy _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of levy
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3. An open letter to Gideon Levy Gideon Levy / An open response to A.B.
4. The main bid has come from Rami Levy, owner of the Rami Levy Shivuk Hashikma grocery chain.
5. It‘s all up to the consumer at the end of the day, says Rami Levy of Rami Levy Marketing.