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Definitions for Levying

[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.
[5] to impose (a tax): to levy a duty on imports.
[6] to conscript (troops).
[7] to start or wage (war).
[8] to seize or attach property by judicial order.
[9] to impose and collect (a tax, tariff, fine, etc)
[10] to conscript troops for service
[11] to seize or attach (property) in accordance with the judgment of a court
[12] the act of imposing and collecting a tax, tariff, etc the money so raised
[13] the conscription of troops for service a person conscripted in this way

Words related to Levying

levyduty, fee, tariff, excise, burden, collect, exact, raise, gathering, imposition, muster, collection, custom, toll, impost, exaction, extort, set, wrest, gather

Words nearby Levying

levylevotorsion, levoversion, levulinic acid, levulose, levulosemia, levy, levy en masse, lew, lewd, lewes, lewis

Origin of Levying

1375–1425; late Middle English leve(e ) < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of lever to raise < Latin levāre, akin to levis light; cf. levee2

Words that may be confused with Levying

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, levylevee, levy

Other words from Levying

re·lev·y , verb (used with object), re·lev·ied, re·lev·y·ing.
self-lev·ied , adjective
un·lev·ied , adjective

Word origin for Levying

C15: from Old French levée a raising, from lever, from Latin levāre to raise

Synonyms for Levying

burden, duty, excise, fee, tariff, collection, custom, exaction, gathering, imposition, impost, muster, toll