Definitions for Levy

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Levy lev·y

Spelling: [lev-ee]

IPA: /ˈlɛv i/

Levy is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in Levy (elvy).

Definitions for Levy

noun

1. an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
2. the amount owed or collected.
3. the conscription of troops.
4. the troops conscripted.
5. Uriah Phillips, 1792–1862, U.S. naval commander.
6. a male given name.

verb (used with object)

1. to impose (a tax):
2. to conscript (troops).
3. to start or wage (war).

verb (used without object)

1. to seize or attach property by judicial order.

Origin of Levy

1375-1425; late Middle English leve(e) Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of lever to raise Latin levāre, akin to levis light; cf. levee²

Examples for Levy

In the wake of 26/11, Scott-Clark and levy report, the ISI perpetuated the lie that the ten gunmen had been martyred in Kashmir.

Hume noted that government debt is easy to levy while its costs are hidden.

Kindly and well-meant advice, but levy would have none of it.

levy hardly knew him for the shy, taciturn playfellow of his boyhood.

The Arab leaders told levy that they had been ordered out—and even threatened—by al-Husseini and must obey.

Their last attempt was to levy a duty upon the things that were re-embarked.

Another major turning point, levy said, was the popularity of National Geographic and Discovery programming.

And now this levy for home defence had swept the farms clean.

He pushed the dice aside and rose to release levy from his bonds.

The Bain investment is likely welcome news for retailers such as levy.