levy of taxes
1levy — 1. verb the government s right to levy taxes Syn: impose, charge, exact, raise, collect; rare mulct 2. noun 1) the levy of taxes Syn: imposition, raising, collection; formal exaction 2) the levy on alcohol …
2levy — 1 / le vē/ n pl lev·ies 1: an act of levying: as a: the imposition or collection of a tax b: the seizure according to a writ of execution of real or personal property in a judgment debtor s possession to satisfy a judgment debt 2: an amount… …
3Levy — Lev y, n. [F. lev[ e]e, fr. lever to raise. See {Lever}, and cf. {Levee}.] 1. The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc. [1913 Webster] A levy of all the men left under sixty. Thirlwall. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
4Levy in mass — Levy Lev y, n. [F. lev[ e]e, fr. lever to raise. See {Lever}, and cf. {Levee}.] 1. The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc. [1913 Webster] A levy of all the men left under sixty. Thirlwall. [1913 Webster] …
5Levy — Lev y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Levied} (l[e^]v [i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Levying}.] 1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc. [1913 Webster] …
6LÉVY, SAMUEL — (b. 1678), rabbi and financier. After studying in Metz and in Poland, in 1702 Lévy was appointed rabbi of Upper Alsace (later the Haut Rhin department) by Louis XIV and served there until 1709. Subsequently he engaged in financial transactions,… …
7levy — 01. The peasants were angered by the new taxes [levied] by the King. 02. The airport has [levied] a $10 surcharge for every passenger to cover the cost of renovations to the facility. 03. Environmental groups want the government to impose a… …
8levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… …
9levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… …
10Levy — The legal seizure of property to satisfy a debt. In the U.S., the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has the authority to levy an individual s property, such as a car, boat, house or property belonging to the individual that is held by someone else,… …
