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Meaning of levying

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

levying

verb

Definitions

  1. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.

    Example: to levy a tax

  2. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.

  3. To draft someone into military service.

  4. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act by which something is levied.

    Example: levyings of war