levy

verb · nounA1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

levies

V_ing/Gerund

levying

V_ed/pp

levied

1.
(transitive)To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
to levy a tax
2.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
3.
To draft someone into military service.
4.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
5.
To wage war.
6.
To raise, as a siege.
7.
(law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

levies

1.
The act of levying.
2.
The things or people so levied.
3.
(obsolete, slang)A shilling.
4.
(Pennsylvania, US, Virginia, obsolete)(US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From xno leve, from fro levee, from lever (to raise), from Latin lēvāre (to raise, lift).