Synonyms of levies

levies 1 of 2

noun

plural of levy

as in taxes

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taxes
• tariffs
• imposts
• impositions
• duties
• assessments
• excises
• surtaxes
• tolls
• direct taxes
• personal taxes
• customs
• property taxes
• income taxes
• tributes
• withholding taxes
• sales taxes
• surcharges
• poll taxes
• estate taxes
• inheritance taxes
• death taxes
• capitations
• hidden taxes
• supertaxes
• sin taxes
• value-added taxes
• single taxes
• proportional taxes
• flat taxes

levies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of levy

1

as in drafts

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drafts
• recruits
• conscripts
• enlists
• volunteers
• conscribes
• enrolls
• calls up
• presses
• impresses
• signs up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharges
• musters out

2

as in imposes

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty

the baseball commissioner levied a fine against every player involved in the fracas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imposes
• charges
• fines
• assesses
• puts
• taxes
• exacts
• lays
• excises
• forces
• penalizes
• extorts
• docks
• inflicts
• mulcts
• compels
• milks
• gouges
• coerces
• bleeds
• wreaks
• squeezes
• wrings
• shakes down
• skins
• wrests
• fleeces
• relays
• reapplies
• sets
• reimposes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remits
• diminishes
• lessens
• releases
• abates
• ignores
• forgives
• disregards
• excuses
• condones
• pardons
• glosses (over)
• glozes (over)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of levies

Noun

Prices that went up after the tariffs are not going to suddenly come down because the levies were rolled back. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Meanwhile, North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment requiring the General Assembly to establish limits on increases in local property tax levies. — Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026

Many Democrats -- and some Republicans -- have called for a reduction of some levies. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Enrolling in Act 50 also automatically applies Pittsburgh’s $15,000 exemption, which covers the parks and library levies, and a larger Pittsburgh Public Schools exemption that is set each year. — Elizabeth Jane Beckett-Camarata, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

Other districts like Prior Lake-Savage and Rocori are seeking capital project levies for school security upgrades as safety is top of mind. — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Those levies will be replaced with tariffs on certain valves, carpets, waste products and other goods, according to a fact sheet released by the White House. — Riley Beggin, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Those levies outweigh California’s median-level property tax rate, held down by Proposition 13, the landmark law that limited them in 1978. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

The schools then call for tax levies to pay for the increases. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Verb

More recently, Newsom has resisted calls to fund Proposition 36, a ballot measure that levies harsher penalties for petty crime that voters overwhelmingly approved in 2024. — Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Beyond the federal government, each state also levies their own separate gas taxes. — ABC News, 12 May 2026

Finally, the governor’s plan calls for raising the residential exemption on the 20-mills that Kansas levies to support public schools. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026

Islamabad frequently levies the allegation at its western neighbor as militant violence has surged in Pakistan, accusing Afghanistan of supporting the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, and outlawed Baloch separatist groups. — Munir Ahmed, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026

For example, many hotels in the city belong to the Convention Center Facility District, which levies an additional 4% room tax to fund the rehabilitation and expansion of the convention center. — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026

As Sam Stolton reports, the development could — if Google is eventually found to be non-compliant with the rules — pave the way for potential fines as high as 10% of global annual sales, though Brussels regulators seldom levies the maximum penalties. — Suzanne Lynch, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026

Idaho already levies an additional $140 annual fee for electric vehicle owners and in 2021, lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to double these fees. — Idaho Statesman, 10 Dec. 2025

Casting blame on Tylenol for autism wrongly positions the condition as a problem—and levies unfair guilt on moms. — Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Sep. 2025