verbπShareTo impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property."to levy a tax"governmentlawpoliticsfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority."The city is levying a new tax on plastic bags to reduce pollution. "governmentpoliticseconomyfinancelawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo draft someone into military service."During the war, the government was levying young men into the army, regardless of their personal desires. "militarygovernmentwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc."The government is levying a new tax on gasoline. "governmentmilitarypoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo wage war."The small nation, feeling threatened, accused its neighbor of levying war against them by sending troops across the border. "warmilitarygovernmentnationpoliticsstateactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo raise, as a siege."After levying a week-long siege, the ants finally breached the sugar bowl's defenses. "militarywarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up."to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc."governmentpoliticsbuildingeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe act by which something is levied."levyings of war"governmentpoliticslaweconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
