Usually means: Imposing or collecting taxes, fees.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Easter eggs (New!)
We found 52 dictionaries that define the word levy:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. levy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. levy: Merriam-Webster
  3. Levy, levy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. levy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. levy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. levy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Levy, levy: Wordnik
  8. levy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Levy, levy: Wiktionary
  10. levy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. levy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. levy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. levy: Dictionary.com
  14. levy (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. levy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Levy (disambiguation), Levy (ice hockey team), Levy (surname), Levy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Levy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. levy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. levy: Rhymezone
  20. Levy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. levy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. LEVY: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  23. levy: FreeDictionary.org
  24. levy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. levy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. levy: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. levy: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  4. levy: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  7. LEVY: Accounting Glossary
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Levy: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
  10. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  11. Levy: Investopedia
  12. Levy: INSOLVENCY
  13. levy: Legal dictionary
  14. levy: Financial dictionary
  15. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  16. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. levy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. levy: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Levy: Easton Bible
  2. LEVY: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. levy, levy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. levy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)

(Note: See levied as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
verb:  To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
verb:  To draft someone into military service.
verb:  To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
verb:  To wage war.
verb:  To raise, as a siege.
verb:  (law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
noun:  The act of levying.
noun:  The tax, property, or people so levied.
noun:  (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.
noun:  A surname from Irish.
noun:  A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
noun:  A male given name.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Word origin

Words similar to levy

Usage examples for levy

Idioms related to levy

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing levy

Words that often appear near levy

Rhymes of levy

Invented words related to levy

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.



List phrases that spell out levy 




Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux