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Word | Levy |
the act of drafting into military service / a charge imposed and collected / A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d. / impose (a fine); collect (a payment) / an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine. / an amount of money that must be paid and that is collected by a government or other authority / to use legal authority to demand and collect (a fine, a tax, etc.), | |
Usage | ⇒ The government has levied agricultural products as well ⇒ Crying "No taxation without representation!," the colonists demonstrated against England's power to levy taxes. ⇒ the legislators approved a new levy on imported cattle to help protect American ranchers ⇒ union members were hit with a 2 percent levy on all pay |
Synonyms | tax, tariff, duty, toll, impost, assessment, muster, raise, recruit, charge, draft, excise, impose, assess, exact, put, collect, collection, gathering, conscript, |
Antonyms | relegate, veto, debauch, demote, deprave, disapprove, slash, |
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