"levy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛ.vi/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-levy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: levies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛvi Etymology: From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from lever (“to raise”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|xno|leve}} Anglo-Norman leve, {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|fro|levee}} Old French levee, {{m|fro|lever||to raise}} lever (“to raise”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} levy (plural levies)
  1. The act of levying. Translations (act of levying): hef (Afrikaans), събиране (sǎbirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), облагане (oblagane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), lleva [feminine] (Catalan), alım (Crimean Tatar), veronkanto (english: tax) (Finnish), verotus (note: of tax) (Finnish), sakotus (note: of fine) (Finnish), takavarikko (of confiscation) (Finnish), ulosotto (of confiscation) (Finnish), sotaväenotto (english: military draft) (Finnish), kutsunnat (english: military draft) [plural] (Finnish), värväys (english: military draft) (Finnish), värvääminen (english: military draft) (Finnish), impôt (French), prélèvement (French), taxe (French), Erhebung [feminine] (German), Abgabenerhebung [feminine] (German), Umlagenerhebung [feminine] (German), adószedés (Hungarian), adókivetés (Hungarian), adóbehajtás (Hungarian), adóztatás (Hungarian), levi (Malay), karawhiunga (english: referring to an army) (Maori), impozitare [feminine] (Romanian), taxare [masculine] (Romanian), сбор (sbor) [masculine] (Russian), взима́ние (vzimánije) [neuter] (Russian), обложе́ние (obložénije) [neuter] (Russian), dajatev [feminine] (Slovene), uttaxering (Swedish), eñcal (Tocharian B), icra (Turkish), haciz (Turkish), treth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-levy-en-noun-PddYArth Disambiguation of 'act of levying': 99 1
  2. The tax, property, or people so levied. Translations (tax, property or people so levied): heffing (Afrikaans), налог (nalog) [masculine] (Bulgarian), verotettavat (english: people) (Finnish), veronmaksajat (english: people) (Finnish), vero (english: tax) (Finnish), verotulo (english: tax) (Finnish), Umlage (German), Abgabe [feminine] (German), eñcil (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-levy-en-noun-tI9FvGPt Disambiguation of 'tax, property or people so levied': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: levy en masse, workplace parking levy
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛ.vi/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-levy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: levies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛvi Etymology: Contraction of elevenpence. Etymology templates: {{m|en|elevenpence}} elevenpence Head templates: {{en-noun}} levy (plural levies)
  1. (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. Tags: Pennsylvania, US, Virginia, obsolete Related terms: levee, Levi
    Sense id: en-levy-en-noun-1CIlmSMQ Categories (other): American English, Maryland English, Pennsylvania English, Virginia English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛ.vi/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-levy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: levies [present, singular, third-person], levying [participle, present], levied [participle, past], levied [past]
Rhymes: -ɛvi Etymology: From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from lever (“to raise”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|xno|leve}} Anglo-Norman leve, {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|fro|levee}} Old French levee, {{m|fro|lever||to raise}} lever (“to raise”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} levy (third-person singular simple present levies, present participle levying, simple past and past participle levied)
  1. (transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. Tags: transitive Translations (to confiscate property): конфискувам (konfiskuvam) (Bulgarian), zabavit [perfective] (Czech), obstavit [perfective] (Czech), takavarikoida (Finnish), ulosmitata (Finnish), ulosottaa (Finnish), einziehen (German), in Beschlag nehmen (German), lefoglal (Hungarian), zár alá vesz (Hungarian), elkoboz (Hungarian), 差し押さえる (sashiosaeru) (alt: さしおさえる) (Japanese), haczetmek (Turkish), el koymak (Turkish) Translations (to impose a fine): налагам (nalagam) (Bulgarian), uložit [perfective] (Czech), sakottaa (Finnish), antaa sakko (Finnish), erheben (German), kiszab (Hungarian), kiró (Hungarian), kivet (Hungarian), 科す (kasu) (alt: かす) (Japanese), vyrúbiť (Slovak), multar (Spanish), ceza almak (Turkish) Translations (to impose a tax): налагам (nalagam) (Bulgarian), uvalit [perfective] (Czech), uložit (daň) [perfective] (Czech), verottaa (Finnish), määrätä vero (Finnish), kantaa (Finnish), lever (French), erheben (German), kivet (Hungarian), kiró (Hungarian), kiszab (Hungarian), imporre (Italian), 課す (kasu) (alt: かす) (Japanese), whakaeke (Maori), ściągać (Polish), pobierać (Polish), impozita (Romanian), taxa (Romanian), взима́ть (vzimátʹ) (Russian), vyrúbiť (Slovak), obdavčevati (Slovene), vergi toplamak (Turkish), tarhetmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-levy-en-verb-J2e~tMMh Disambiguation of 'to confiscate property': 82 2 1 3 2 2 8 Disambiguation of 'to impose a fine': 80 3 0 3 3 3 8 Disambiguation of 'to impose a tax': 77 10 0 2 2 2 7
  2. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority. Translations (to raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority): behajt (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-levy-en-verb-rPTnBJju Disambiguation of 'to raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority': 5 72 1 14 0 4 4
  3. To draft someone into military service. Translations (to draft into military service): мобилизирам (mobiliziram) (Bulgarian), odvést [perfective] (Czech), ottaa sotaväkeen (Finnish), kutsua palvelukseen (Finnish), värvätä (Finnish), einziehen (German), behív (Hungarian), besoroz (Hungarian), 徴兵する (chōhei suru) (alt: ちょうへいする) (Japanese), karawhiu (Maori), convocar [feminine] (Portuguese), recruta (Romanian), povolať (Slovak), reclutar (Spanish), askere almak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-levy-en-verb-Z6uG~-~8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 45 6 4 9 24 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 12 6 6 37 6 5 8 15 Disambiguation of 'to draft into military service': 1 1 86 7 0 2 3
  4. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
    Sense id: en-levy-en-verb-TdiqMSk0
  5. To wage war. Translations (to wage war): sotia (Finnish), käydä sotaa (Finnish), hadat visel (Hungarian), harcol (Hungarian), háborúzik (Hungarian), 開戦する (kaisen suru) (alt: かいせんする) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-levy-en-verb-sw-t2frr Disambiguation of 'to wage war': 1 1 1 1 90 2 5
  6. To raise, as a siege.
    Sense id: en-levy-en-verb-sINrE7wo
  7. (law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-levy-en-verb-xZi04lqA Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "word": "vergi toplamak"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "_dis1": "80 3 0 3 3 3 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to impose a fine",
          "word": "antaa sakko"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to impose a fine",
          "word": "erheben"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to impose a fine",
          "word": "kivet"
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          "_dis1": "80 3 0 3 3 3 8",
          "alt": "かす",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kasu",
          "sense": "to impose a fine",
          "word": "科す"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "to impose a fine",
          "word": "vyrúbiť"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 3 0 3 3 3 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to impose a fine",
          "word": "multar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 3 0 3 3 3 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to impose a fine",
          "word": "ceza almak"
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          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "konfiskuvam",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "конфискувам"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zabavit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "obstavit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "takavarikoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "ulosmitata"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "ulosottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "einziehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "in Beschlag nehmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "lefoglal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "zár alá vesz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "elkoboz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "alt": "さしおさえる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sashiosaeru",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "差し押さえる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "haczetmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 2 1 3 2 2 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to confiscate property",
          "word": "el koymak"
        }
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        "To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority."
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          "collect",
          "collect"
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        [
          "assessment",
          "assessment"
        ],
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          "exact",
          "exact"
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          "authority",
          "authority"
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 72 1 14 0 4 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority",
          "word": "behajt"
        }
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    },
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English undefined derivations",
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      "glosses": [
        "To draft someone into military service."
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          "_dis1": "1 1 86 7 0 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mobiliziram",
          "sense": "to draft into military service",
          "word": "мобилизирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 86 7 0 2 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to draft into military service",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "odvést"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 86 7 0 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to draft into military service",
          "word": "ottaa sotaväkeen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 86 7 0 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
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      "word": "zár alá vesz"
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      "word": "kutsua palvelukseen"
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      "word": "värvätä"
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      "word": "besoroz"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "of fine",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "sakotus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "takavarikko (of confiscation)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "ulosotto (of confiscation)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "military draft",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "sotaväenotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "military draft",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kutsunnat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "military draft",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "värväys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "military draft",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "värvääminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "impôt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "prélèvement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "taxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erhebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abgabenerhebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Umlagenerhebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "adószedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "adókivetés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "adóbehajtás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "adóztatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "levi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "referring to an army",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "karawhiunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impozitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taxare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sbor",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сбор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzimánije",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "взима́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obložénije",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обложе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dajatev"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "uttaxering"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "eñcal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "icra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "word": "haciz"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act of levying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "treth"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "tax, property or people so levied",
      "word": "heffing"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nalog",
      "sense": "tax, property or people so levied",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "налог"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "people",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tax, property or people so levied",
      "word": "verotettavat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "people",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tax, property or people so levied",
      "word": "veronmaksajat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "tax",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tax, property or people so levied",
      "word": "vero"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "tax",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tax, property or people so levied",
      "word": "verotulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tax, property or people so levied",
      "word": "Umlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tax, property or people so levied",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abgabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "tax, property or people so levied",
      "word": "eñcil"
    }
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    "levy"
  ],
  "word": "levy"
}

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  ],
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      ]
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    },
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    }
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        "Virginia English"
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        "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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        "US",
        "Virginia",
        "obsolete"
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        "US"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    }
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  ],
  "word": "levy"
}

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