Thesaurus

levy

noun

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 assessment, duty, imposition, impost, taxRelated Words direct tax, personal tax; capitation, custom(s), excise, hidden tax, income tax, poll tax, property tax, sales tax, single tax, sin tax, tariff, toll, tribute, value-added tax, withholding tax; supertax, surcharge, surtax; death tax, estate tax, inheritance tax; flat tax, proportional tax

verb

1 to pick especially for required military service unprepared for war, the government was forced to levy men on a scale that was unprecedented in its history Synonyms conscribe, conscript, draftRelated Words impress, press; enlist, enroll (also enrol), recruit; call up; sign up, volunteerNear Antonyms discharge, muster out
2 to establish or apply as a charge or penalty the baseball commissioner is levying a fine of $10,000 against every player involved in the fracas Synonyms assess, charge, exact, fine, lay, impose, putRelated Words dock, excise, mulct, penalize, tax; extort, shake down, wrest, wring; bleed, fleece, gouge, milk, skin, squeeze; coerce, compel, force; inflict, wreak; set; reapply, reimpose, relayNear Antonyms abate, diminish, lessen; forgive, release; condone, disregard, excuse, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, pardonAntonyms remit