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Verb: levy  le-vee
  1. Charge a fee or tax
    "levy a fine";
    - impose
     
  2. Cause to assemble or enlist in military
    "levy new soldiers";
    - recruit, raise
     
  3. [archaic] Wage war
    "The king levied war against the neighbouring kingdom"
Noun: levy  le-vee
  1. A charge imposed and collected
    "The government imposed a levy on luxury goods to increase revenue"
     
  2. The act of drafting into military service
    "The country implemented a levy en masse to quickly build up its armed forces";
    - levy en masse

Sounds like: leveret, levirlevy, l

Derived forms: levied, levies, levying

Type of: bill, charge, conscription, draft, enlist, muster, muster in, selective service

Encyclopedia: Levy, Robert