Dictionary Definition
levy
Noun
1 a charge imposed and collected
2 the act of drafting into military service [syn:
levy
en masse]
Verb
1 impose and collect; "levy a fine" [syn:
impose]
2 cause to assemble or enlist in the military;
"raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" [syn: recruit, raise] [also: levied]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
Translations
To impose a tax
- Finnish: verottaa
To impose a fine
- Finnish: sakottaa
To confiscate property
- Finnish: takavarikoida, ulosmitata, ulosottaa
To draft into military service
- Finnish: ottaa sotaväkeen
Translations
The act of levying
- Finnish: veronkanto
- French impôt, prélèvement, taxe
Finnish
Noun
levy- A thin, flat object of uniform thickness; a plate. (A thick plate may also be called laatta).
- A board, as a flat construction material supplied in sheets, such as chipboard, or a sheet of such material.
- A slab, as a thick, flat piece of material.
- A disk for storing data.
- A recording of a piece of music made on a disc, or a disc on which music is saved. If there's a need to be specific, a recording may also be called levytys.
Synonyms
A disc on which music has been recordedExtensive Definition
Levy or Lévy may refer to:
- Levy County, Florida
- Forced labor; see conscription or national service
- An imposition of a tax
- A judicial remedy where the property of a judgment debtor is seized for public sale to satisfy a monetary judgment
- An administrative (i.e., non-judicial) seizure or distraint of property by a taxing authority to satisfy a tax liability (for example, under United States tax law pursuant to )
- An alternate spelling of Levi
- An alternate spelling of levee
- Paul Pierre Lévy, a French mathematician known for
People
- Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
- Bob Levy (politician), the former mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Reverend Bob Levy, a stand-up comedian and radio personality
- Carl Edvard Marius Levy, Danish obstetrician 1808-1865
- Bob Levy (producer), the executive producer of Gossip Girl
- David H. Levy, Canadian astronomer and science writer
- Elias Levy, Security specialist
- Eugene Levy, Canadian Actor
- Fabien Lévy, French Composer
- Marv Levy, American football coach
- Scott Levy, an American professional wrestler better known as Raven
- Steve Levy, ESPN anchor
- Steven Levy, American Technology writer
- Maurice Lévy, French Engineeting
See also
levy in German: Levy
levy in French: Lévy
levy in Japanese: レヴィ
charles levy: amazing
socioligy teacherSynonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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