levy
noun
1 levy
A charge imposed and collected.
Roget 72: assemblage; collection, collocation, colligation†; compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement†; team; concourse, conflux†, congregation, contesseration†, convergence etc. 290; meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home; conversazione [It] etc. (social gathering) 892; assembly, congress; convention, conventicle; gemote†; conclave etc. (council) 696; posse, posse comitatus [Lat.]; Noah's ark. miscellany, collectanea†; museum, menagerie etc. (store) 636; museology†. crowd, throng, group; flood, rush, deluge; rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue†, horde, body, tribe; crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party; swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove; atajo†; bunch, drive, force, mulada [U.S.]; remuda†; roundup [U.S.]; array, bevy, galaxy; corps, company, troop, troupe, task force; army, regiment etc. (combatants) 726; host etc. (multitude) 102; populousness. clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association etc. (party) 712. volley, shower, storm, cloud. group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil; set, batch, lot, pack; budget, assortment, bunch; parcel; packet, package; bundle, fascine†, fasces†, bale; seron†, seroon†; fagot, wisp, truss, tuft; shock, rick, fardel†, stack, sheaf, haycock†; fascicle, fascicule†, fasciculus [Lat.], gavel, hattock†, stook†. accumulation etc. (store) 636; congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau†, tissue, mass, pyramid; bing†; drift; snowball, snowdrift; acervation†, cumulation; glomeration†, agglomeration; conglobation†; conglomeration, conglomerate; coacervate [Chem], coacervation [Chem], coagmentation†, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum [Lat.], spicilegium†, black hole of Calcutta; quantity etc. (greatness) 31. collector, gatherer; whip, whipper in. ... show more
Roget 726: combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival†; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper†, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough. prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler; fighting-cock, game-cock; warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent†; campaigner, veteran; swordsman, sabreur†, redcoat, military man, Rajput. armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth†, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible†; auxiliary, bersagliere†, brave; garde-nationale, garde-royale [Fr.]; minuteman [U.S.]; auxiliary forces, reserve forces; reserves, posse comitatus [Lat.], national guard, gendarme, beefeater; guards, guardsman; yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops. janissary; myrmidon; Mama, Mameluke; spahee†, spahi†, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz. irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere†; franctireur [Fr.], tirailleur†, bashi-bazouk; [guerilla organization names: list], vietminh, vietcong; shining path; contras; huk, hukbalahap. mercenary, soldier of fortune; hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger; bushwhacker, free lance, companion; Hessian. hit man torpedo, soldier. levy, draught; Landwehr [G.], Landsturm [G.]; conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies. infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier; Tommy Atkins†, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy†, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder; officer etc. (commander) 745; subaltern, ensign, standard bearer; spearman, pikeman†; spear bearer; halberdier†, lancer; musketeer, carabineer†, rifleman, jager [G.], sharpshooter, yager†, skirmisher; grenadier, fusileer†; archer, bowman. horse and foot; horse soldier; cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur [Fr.], uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar; light dragoon, heavy dragoon; heavy; cuirassier [Fr.]; Foot Guards, Horse Guards. gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman†, matross†; sapper, sapper and miner; engineer; light infantry, rifles, chasseur [Fr.], zouave; military train, coolie. army, corps d'armee [Fr.], host, division, battalia†, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia†, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad; piquet, picket, guard, rank, file; legion, phalanx, cohort; cloud of skirmishers. war horse, charger, destrier. marine, man-of-war's man etc. (sailor) 269; navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron. [ships of war] man-of-war; destroyer; submarine; minesweeper; torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer; patrol torpedo boat, PT boat; torpedo-catcher, war castle, H. M.S.; battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line; aircraft carrier, carrier. flattop [Coll.]; helicopter carrier; missile platform, missile boat; ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery; first-rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel; flagship, guard ship, cruiser; armored cruiser, protected cruiser; privateer. [supporting ships] tender; store ship, troop ship; transport, catamaran; merchant marine. ... show more
Roget 812: price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure; demand, damage; fare, hire, wages etc. (remuneration) 973; value etc. 812.1. dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess†, sess†, tallage†, levy; abkari†; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage [U.S.], likin†; gabel†, gabelle†; gavel, octroi†, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment†, ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage, freightage. bill etc. (account) 811; shot. ... show more
is a specific kind of: charge.
is a broader term that covers: revenue enhancement, tax, taxation | tithe.
Dutch: heffing, vordering
2 levy
The act of drafting into military service.
synonym: levy en masse.
is a specific kind of: conscription, draft, muster, selective service.
verb
1 levy
Impose and collect:
— Levy a fine.
synonym: impose.
Roget 789: take, catch, hook, nab, bag, sack, pocket, put into one's pocket; receive; accept. reap, crop, cull, pluck; gather etc. (get) 775; draw. appropriate, expropriate, impropriate†; assume, possess oneself of; take possession of; commandeer; lay one's hands on, clap one's hands on; help oneself to; make free with, dip one's hands into, lay under contribution; intercept; scramble for; deprive of. take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem†; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal etc. 791; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave†. snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up; kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on. get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of. catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at; reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand. take from, take away from; disseize†; deduct etc. 38; retrench etc. (curtail) 201; dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp; tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from; extort; deprive of, bereave; disinherit, cut off with a shilling. oust etc. (eject) 297; divest; levy, distrain, confiscate; sequester, sequestrate; accroach†; usurp; despoil, strip, fleece, shear, displume†, impoverish, eat out of house and home; drain, drain to the dregs; gut, dry, exhaust, swallow up; absorb etc. (suck in) 296; draw off; suck the blood of, suck like a leech. retake, resume; recover etc. 775. ... show more
2 levy
Cause to assemble or enlist in the military.
is a specific kind of: draft, enlist, muster in.
derivation: levyn2, levy en masse | enlisting, recruitment | enlistee, recruit | military recruit, recruit | recruiter.
Moby thesaurus: angary, annex, annexation, annexure, ask, ask for, assess, assessment, attach, attachment, beat the drums, blackmail, boot, bugle call, burden with, call, call for, call to arms, call up, call-up, catchword, cess, challenge, charge, charge for, claim, clamor for, clarion, clarion call, collectivization, collectivize, commandeer, commandeering, communalization, communalize, communization, communize, compulsory military service, confiscate, confiscation, conscience money, conscript, conscription, contribution, cry for, demand, demand for, detach, detach for service, direct tax, distrain, distraint, distress, draft, draft call, drafted man, draftee, drafting, drain, duty, eminent domain, enjoin, enlist, enlistee, enlistment, enroll, enrollee, enrollment, exact, exaction, execution, exhortation, expropriate, expropriation, extort, extortion, extortionate demand, fasten upon, freight with, garnish, garnishment, go for broke, graduated taxation, gung ho, heavy demand, impose, impose on, impose upon, imposition, impost, impound, impoundment, impress, impressment, indent, indirect tax, induct, inductee, induction, inflict on, inflict upon, insistent demand, issue an ultimatum, join, joint return, lay, lay on, list, make a demand, make dutiable, mobilization, mobilize, muster, muster in, nationalization, nationalize, nonnegotiable demand, notice, order, order up, place, place an order, press, pro rata, progressive tax, prorate, put, put down, put in requisition, put on, put upon, raise, rally, rallying cry, raw recruit, rebel yell, recruit, recruiting, recruitment, replevin, replevy, require, requirement, requisition, right of angary, rookie, rush, rush order, saddle with, screw, selectee, selective service, separate returns, sequester, sequestrate, sequestration, set, sign on, sign up, single tax, slogan, socialization, socialize, stick for, subject to, summon, summons, supertax, surtax, tariff, task, tax, tax base, tax dodging, tax evasion, tax exemption, tax return, tax structure, tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable income, taxation, taxing, tenderfoot, tithe, toll, trainee, tribute, trumpet call, ultimatum, war cry, war whoop, warn, warning, watchword, weight down with, withholding tax, wrest, wring, yoke with ... show more.
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