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

The first antidumping tariffs were levied on certain Italian pasta companies in 1996, and some form of levies has remained since then. —Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 11 Nov. 2025

But, unlike other laws the president can cite to enact higher tariffs, Section 122 doesn’t require an advanced investigation to be initiated, giving Trump the ability to immediately put new levies on imports. —Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025

Known as the Smoot-Hawley tariffs (for their congressional sponsors), these levies have been widely condemned by economists and historians for limiting world commerce and making the Great Depression worse. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025

Price levels are expected to climb incrementally this year as a result of the levies, representing a loss of about $1,800 for the average household, the group said. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025

Some sense that if tariffs are struck down there will be more Treasury issuance/wider deficit to repay companies that paid the levies. —Michael Santoli, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025

The Grossmont board focuses on grantmaking, allocating funds from property tax levies for a range of programs. —Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025

No tax proposals, school levies or ballot issues. —Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025

Because state law limits the amount of revenue municipalities can raise through property and sales tax levies, wheel taxes have been increasingly proposed across Wisconsin municipalities as solutions to rising costs. —Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025

Verb

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

Unlike the blanket levies the US imposed on much of the world in April, the steel and aluminum tariffs are not the target of litigation making its way to the Supreme Court. —Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025

Commerce City levies $16,501 in use tax on a typical home, while Arapahoe County charges $539. —Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025

However, this tax liability does not stop at the federal level, as Wisconsin also levies an income tax. —Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025