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
Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
Coleman’s bill on the removal of the KCPS mill levy from the Missouri Constitution was combined with a bill by Taylor, which modifies operating levy limitations.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Ana Ceballos
follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Two more followed before Nike put a pause on its relationship with the artist because of troubling workplace allegations levied against him, and the original colorway got a restock last year after their ties were resumed.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The president also indicated that his administration would seek to expand other existing tariffs, such as levies imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
Coleman’s bill on the removal of the KCPS mill levy from the Missouri Constitution was combined with a bill by Taylor, which modifies operating levy limitations.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
The measure would prohibit any state from levying taxes retroactively on individuals who no longer live there.
—Ana Ceballos
follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Two more followed before Nike put a pause on its relationship with the artist because of troubling workplace allegations levied against him, and the original colorway got a restock last year after their ties were resumed.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levy
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The proposal calls for a 1% food and beverage tax in Lake and Porter counties, a 5% innkeepers tax in Lake County and a 12% admissions tax to help build a stadium.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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With nine Democratic gubernatorial candidates pitching competing visions, California Democrats showed deep divisions between progressive tax-and-spend approaches and moderate ‘back to basics’ budget restraint.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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One of the many interviews that caught my attention was with Terry Szuplat, a speechwriter who helped draft the Athens address.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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Moving on from war Petersohn, drafted into the Army in 1942, lived through a jeep explosion and fought in the Battle of the Bulge before his unit liberated Mauthausen.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Among the documents is an email exchange from 2009 in which Mandelson appears to discuss Britain’s plans to impose an additional tax on bankers’ bonuses as a punitive, one-off measure following the crash.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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While courts last imposed a death sentence in 2016, South Korea has not carried out an execution since 1997.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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In addition to their robust plow operations, city officials recruited people to shovel snow, some of whom were to begin work Sunday night to get an early start on the first wave of snowfall, Mamdani said.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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The third installment in the high-octane action series sees franchise anchor Zhang Chi (Teng Shen) recruit an all-star team to compete in a cutthroat international competition.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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The company also says the battery can charge in under 10 minutes and last 100,000 cycles.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Six of the accused were charged on all three counts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Levy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levy. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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