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
Garrett Downs, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Trump implemented the 10 percent levies after the Supreme Court struck down a majority of his import taxes imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 last month.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2026
Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2026
So there is a good chance that the rhetoric is ugly, there are plenty of threats levied, and this thing gets pushed to the brink.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Polls indicate the levies have become increasingly unpopular, with economically anxious voters expressing concern about affordability as Democrats vie to rip control of Congress away from Republicans.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
Trump implemented the 10 percent levies after the Supreme Court struck down a majority of his import taxes imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 last month.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
The president has started a war and levied sweeping tariffs, marking a major expansion of executive power at the expense of the legislative branch.
—Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2026
So there is a good chance that the rhetoric is ugly, there are plenty of threats levied, and this thing gets pushed to the brink.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for levy
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Washington state already ranks a dismal 45th out of the 50 states in tax friendliness because of a heavy burden of sales, capital gains, property and excise taxes.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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The clash with Thune defies months of cooperation that helped Trump usher his Cabinet and signature tax cuts through Congress.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
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Longtime Packer Gary arrives in Dallas after a seven-year tenure with the Green Bay Packers, the team that drafted him in 2019 out of Michigan.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Etienee will now be in the same division as his brother — Trevor, of course, was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in April 2025.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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More importantly, the law imposes a hard ceiling of 150 days.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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She was becoming influenced by social scientists such as the French philosopher Auguste Comte, who were less concerned with enshrining individual rights than with imposing a social order—a departure from her earlier universalist thinking.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Brandon Sigaran Cruz was only 9 when his parents brought him and his brother to the United States, far away from the gangs recruiting young boys in the elementary schools of El Salvador.—
Samantha Schmidt,
Washington Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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What the New Study Found A research team led by Daniel Bok of the University of Zagreb, in Croatia, recruited 17 runners to do a series of three workouts.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
15 Mar. 2026
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Addressing a crowd of at least 100,000 on Budapest's Heroes' Square, Magyar charged Orbán's government with turning Hungarians against one another through propaganda and divisive policies, and of steering the country away from its rightful place among Western democracies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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Their 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with their murder, accused of fatally stabbing them.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Levy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levy. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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