The meaning of Levy

verb

(of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose.

Usage examples:

A crowd had assembled outside the gates

noun

A leap in which the feet are brought together before landing.

Usage examples:

The assemblés porté traveled a great distance and ended in perfect fifth position.

verb

Create by putting components or members together

noun

The action of assessing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The assessment of educational needs

noun

The process of considering all the information about a situation or a person and making a judgement

Usage examples:

Conduct/give/make an assessment the first thing you must do is make an assessment of the situation.…

phrasal verb

Get or try to get into communication by telephone

phrasal verb

To telephone someone

Usage examples:

He used to call me up in the middle of the night ., i just wanted to call up and say "thanks.", he …

phrasal verb

To phone someone

Usage examples:

Six months later, he called me up and asked if i wanted to work on the project., airplane mechanics…

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

verb

Bring or gather together (a number of things).

Usage examples:

He went round the office collecting old coffee cups

adjective

(of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

A collect call

adverb

(with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it.

Usage examples:

I called my mother collect

verb

Enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services.

Usage examples:

They were conscripted into the army

noun

A person enlisted compulsorily.

Usage examples:

Army conscripts

verb

To force someone to work as a member of a group

Usage examples:

Soldiers conscripted factory workers to build a wall around the city., he emigrated from germany in…

noun

A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

Usage examples:

The old english custom of dancing round the maypole

plural noun

The official department that administers and collects the duties levied by a government on imported goods.

Usage examples:

Cocaine seizures by customs have risen this year

plural noun

Money paid to the government when you take particular goods from one country to another

Usage examples:

Customs officials, it took us ages to get through customs when we got back from italy.

noun

An insistent and peremptory request, made as of right.

Usage examples:

A series of demands for far-reaching reforms

verb

Ask authoritatively or brusquely.

Usage examples:

‘where is she?’ he demanded

verb

To ask for forcefully, in a way that shows that refusal is not expected and will not be accepted

Usage examples:

[ t ] the library demanded $5 for each book returned late., [ + to infinitive ] i demand to see the…

noun

A preliminary version of a piece of writing.

Usage examples:

The first draft of the party's manifesto

verb

Prepare a preliminary version of (a document).

Usage examples:

I drafted a letter of resignation

adjective

Us spelling of draught (noun).

noun

One's right; what is owed to one.

Usage examples:

He thought it was his due

adjective

Expected at or planned for at a certain time.

Usage examples:

The baby's due in august

adjective

Of the proper quality or extent.

Usage examples:

Driving without due care and attention

noun

A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.

Usage examples:

It's my duty to uphold the law

noun

A responsibility to do something because it is legally or morally right to do it

Usage examples:

Every lawyer has a strong sense of duty and responsibility., a duty to do sth they have a duty to e…

verb

Enrol or be enrolled in the armed services.

Usage examples:

He enlisted in the royal naval air service

verb

To join (an organization, esp. the armed forces)

Usage examples:

He enlisted in the air force., the program enlists businesses in hiring inner city kids.

adjective

Not approximated in any way; precise.

Usage examples:

The exact details were still being worked out

verb

Demand and obtain (something) from someone.

Usage examples:

He exacted promises that another watergate would never be allowed to happen

adjective

In perfect detail; complete and correct

Usage examples:

The exact distance is 3.4 miles., do you have the exact time?, "is it 12 o’clock yet?" "it’s 12:03 …

noun

The action of demanding and obtaining something from someone, especially a payment.

Usage examples:

He supervised the exaction of tolls at various ports

noun

The act of demanding and getting something, sometimes using force or threats, or an example of this

Usage examples:

Exaction of any exaction of money or property was prohibited by law., these exactions sometimes led…

noun

A tax levied on certain goods and commodities produced or sold within a country and on licences granted for certain activities.

Usage examples:

The rate of excise duty on spirits

verb

Charge excise on (goods).

Usage examples:

A strategy for charging duty for high-risk and excised goods is yet to be presented to the finance …

verb

Cut out surgically.

Usage examples:

The precision with which surgeons can excise brain tumours

noun

A payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services.

Usage examples:

They were faced with legal fees of £3000

verb

Make a payment to (someone) in return for services.

Usage examples:

Others offer discounts on software purchases to subscribers of their once-free, now fee'd, online s…

noun

An amount of money charged for a service or for the use of something

Usage examples:

An admission fee, the doctor’s usual fee is $125.

verb

Come together; assemble or accumulate.

Usage examples:

As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

noun

A part of a garment that is gathered.

Usage examples:

This can be accomplished at side seams, the center back seam, gathers, pleats, darts or a combinati…

verb

Assemble or get together

verb

Force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) on someone.

Usage examples:

The decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others

verb

To establish something as a rule to be obeyed, or to force the acceptance of something

Usage examples:

Settlers often imposed their culture on the peoples of the countries they conquered., she’s always …

verb

To introduce a new law, tax, rule, or punishment

Usage examples:

Impose a ban/restriction/penalty on sb/sth they are calling for the regulatory body to impose a ban…

noun

The action or process of imposing something or of being imposed.

Usage examples:

The imposition of martial law

noun

Something done that causes inconvenience to another person

Usage examples:

I hope the drive to the airport isn’t an imposition., the imposition of new taxes

noun

The introduction of a new law , tax, rule, or punishment

Usage examples:

The imposition of laws/legislation/rules

noun

A tax or similar compulsory payment.

Usage examples:

Some of the labels are used for the purpose of collecting customs duty or other imposts

noun

The top course of a pillar that supports an arch.

Usage examples:

This space was ornamented with low relief sculpture of winged sun disks and wreaths located on the …

noun

An officer of the highest rank in the armed forces of some countries.

Usage examples:

Marshal tito

verb

Assemble and arrange (a group of people, especially troops) in order.

Usage examples:

The general marshalled his troops

verb

To gather or organize people or things, esp. in order to achieve a particular aim

Usage examples:

The president is trying to marshal support for his plan., the mayor was the honorary grand marshal …

verb

(of a country or its government) prepare and organize (troops) for active service.

Usage examples:

The government mobilized regular forces, reservists, and militia

verb

Make ready for action or use

verb

To organize people to support something or to make a part of an organization ready for a special purpose

Usage examples:

We're teaching people to mobilize and show their support for their libraries., [ u ] both parties h…

verb

Extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation.

Usage examples:

They have turned mulcting taxpayers into an art form

noun

A fine or compulsory payment.

Usage examples:

The punishments and penalty for first offense could include a jailhouse term of up to one twelvemon…

verb

To make someone pay money, as a fine (= a punishment) or in tax

Usage examples:

The jury mulcted me for $50.

verb

Assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.

Usage examples:

17,000 men had been mustered on haldon hill

noun

A formal gathering of troops, especially for inspection, display, or exercise.

Usage examples:

He attended the musters, which were called to train all able-bodied men

verb

Summon up, call forth, or bring together

noun

The action or process of paying someone or something or of being paid.

Usage examples:

Ask for a discount for payment by cash

noun

An amount of money paid, or the act of paying

Usage examples:

[ c ] when is the first payment due?, [ u ] usually we ask for payment when the order is placed.

noun

An amount of money that has been paid or is expected to be paid

Usage examples:

For the fiscal year ended february 28 2010, payments from class a shares amounted to $1,470., mortg…

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

verb

Lift or move to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

She raised both arms above her head

noun

An increase in salary.

Usage examples:

He wants a raise and some perks

verb

Move upwards

verb

(of troops) come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat or dispersion.

Usage examples:

De montfort's troops rallied and drove back the king's infantry

noun

A mass meeting of people making a political protest or showing support for a cause.

Usage examples:

A rally attended by around 100,000 people

verb

Subject (someone) to good-humoured ridicule; tease.

Usage examples:

He rallied her on the length of her pigtail

verb

Enlist (someone) in the armed forces.

Usage examples:

We recruit our toughest soldiers from the desert tribes

noun

A person newly enlisted in the armed forces and not yet fully trained.

Usage examples:

The intention is to influence many of those new recruits into becoming army reserve officers.

verb

Cause to assemble or enlist in the military

noun

A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

Usage examples:

The reduction of trade barriers and import tariffs

verb

Fix the price of (something) according to a tariff.

Usage examples:

These services are tariffed by volume

noun

A government charge on goods entering or leaving a country

Usage examples:

Import tariffs

noun

A compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions.

Usage examples:

Higher taxes will dampen consumer spending

verb

Impose a tax on (someone or something).

Usage examples:

The income will be taxed at the top rate

noun

(an amount of) money paid to the government, usually a percentage of personal income or of the cost of goods or services bought

Usage examples:

[ c ] income/sales/social security tax, [ c ] a property/gasoline tax, [ u ] the senator proposed a…

noun

The levying of tax.

Usage examples:

The progressive nature of taxation

noun

The process by which the government of a country obtains money from its people in order to pay for its expenses

noun

The system of collecting taxes

Usage examples:

The proposals restrict investors' ability to shelter their assets from taxation., reform of the cou…

noun

One tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the church and clergy.

Usage examples:

They retained only one direct tax, the tithe on agricultural produce (decima).

verb

Pay or give as a tithe.

Usage examples:

He tithes 10 per cent of his income to the church

noun

A tenth part of someone's produce or income that they give or pay as a tax to the church

noun

A charge payable to use a bridge or road.

Usage examples:

Motorway tolls

verb

Charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road).

Usage examples:

The transport minister opposes tolling existing roads

noun

A single ring of a bell.

Usage examples:

She heard the cambridge school bell utter a single toll