Levy means to impose a tax or other economic charge, enlist or conscript for military service, or wage war (levy an army; levy war on, upon or against).
- Property taxes are levied on (or against) the assessed value of a dwelling.
- The Ontario Provincial Police is levying hefty fines on drivers who run red lights.
- In times of war, the State may levy an army by conscription.
- Many times, the English levied war upon the French; and many times, too, the French levied war against the English.
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