as in tax
a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use
the legislators approved a new levy on imported cattle to help protect American ranchers
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as in to draft
to pick especially for required military service
unprepared for war, the government was forced to levy young citizens on a scale that was unprecedented in its history
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as in to impose
to establish or apply as a charge or penalty
the baseball commissioner levied a fine against every player involved in the fracas
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Recent Examples of levy
Reuters, NBC news, 29 May 2025
The federal Court of International Trade on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs, arguing that emergency laws invoked by the Administration did not give Trump unilateral authority to impose the levies.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 May 2025
Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
The Trump administration has levied federal smuggling charges against Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova as the Russian national fights for her freedom from immigration detention.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 May 2025
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Noun
However, analysts at Goldman Sachs noted the order does not block sectoral levies and there were other legal avenues for Trump to impose across-the-board and country-specific tariffs.
—Reuters, NBC news, 29 May 2025
The federal Court of International Trade on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs, arguing that emergency laws invoked by the Administration did not give Trump unilateral authority to impose the levies.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 May 2025
Verb
One of the seven sponsors of the Lauren for Hamden pricey soiree was state Rep. Josh Elliott, a notably left-wing Hamden Democrat who not so long ago joined a few colleagues in proposing a bill that would have required local election officials to levy fines on voters who declined to vote.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
The Trump administration has levied federal smuggling charges against Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova as the Russian national fights for her freedom from immigration detention.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levy
Noun
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But the tax bill would basically kill the two tax credits that have done the most to enable the surge of solar power.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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Tucked within President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill, which the House narrowly passed on Thursday, is a proposal to increase a tax that some universities pay on the investment returns of their endowments from 1.4% to as high as 21% for some of the most elite colleges in the country.—
Brad Brooks,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2025
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This enabled users, on the web, to summarize long email threads and get help with both drafting and replying to emails.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Both armies have a small industry devoted to ‘hacking’ the drones, modifying the firmware to get around limitations imposed by the makers and prevent them from being tracked.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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In that case, West Virginia challenged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s authority to impose regulations to effectively control the state's energy policy through the Clean Power Plan.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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She’s unexpectedly recruited by the brilliant but reclusive Fujitani to join Tenblank, where their rise to fame is complicated by personal secrets and industry challenges.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 May 2025
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The party needs not just to recruit younger candidates.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
Verb
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In California, a 15-year-old charged with murder must be tried in juvenile court.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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The actor was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter before the charges were dropped, then was charged again in January 2024.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
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“Levy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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