[ˈlɛvi], (Verb)

Definitions:
- impose (a tax, fee, or fine)
(e.g: a tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes)

- enlist (someone) for military service
(e.g: he sought to levy one man from each vill for service)


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Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever ‘raise’, from Latin levare, from levis ‘light’

[ˈlɛvi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine
(e.g: police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates)

- an act of enlisting troops
(e.g: Edward I and Edward II had made substantial use of the feudal levy for raising an army)


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Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever ‘raise’, from Latin levare, from levis ‘light’