levy
31levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… …
32Levy — The legal seizure of property to satisfy a debt. In the U.S., the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has the authority to levy an individual s property, such as a car, boat, house or property belonging to the individual that is held by someone else,… …
33levy — I n. to impose a levy (on) II v. (D; tr.) to levy on (to levy a tax on rum) * * * [ levɪ] to impose a levy (on) (D;tr.) to levy on (to levy a tax on rum) …
34levy — An imposition whether of a tax, a burden upon property as authorized by a writ, or compulsory military service. Of tax: The acts of imposing and collecting a tax under authority of law. State v Camp Sing, 18 Mont 128, 44 P 516. The establishment… …
35levy — /lev ee/, n., pl. levies, v., levied, levying. n. 1. an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force. 2. the amount owed or collected. 3. the conscription of troops. 4. the troops conscripted. v.t. 5. to impose (a tax): to levy a… …
36levy — 01. The peasants were angered by the new taxes [levied] by the King. 02. The airport has [levied] a $10 surcharge for every passenger to cover the cost of renovations to the facility. 03. Environmental groups want the government to impose a… …
37levy — lev|y1 [ˈlevi] v past tense and past participle levied present participle levying third person singular levies [T] to officially say that people must pay a tax or charge levy a tax/charge/fine etc (on sth) ▪ a new tax levied on all electrical… …
38levy — I UK [ˈlevɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms levy : singular levy plural levies an amount of money that you have to pay, for example as a tax II UK [ˈlevɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms levy : present tense I/you/we/they levy he/she/it… …
39Levy — /lee vee, lev ee/ for 1; /lee vee, vuy/ for 2, n. 1. Uriah Phillips, 1792 1862, U.S. naval commander. 2. a male given name. * * * (as used in expressions) capital levy Burton Levy Shoemaker Levy 9 * * * …
40levy — 1. verb the government s right to levy taxes Syn: impose, charge, exact, raise, collect; rare mulct 2. noun 1) the levy of taxes Syn: imposition, raising, collection; formal exaction 2) the levy on alcohol …
