levy
Government-imposed charge
A levy is a tax or other mandatory payment imposed by authority: a levy on imported goods, a property tax levy.
To levy is to impose such a charge, or to conscript troops: The government levied new taxes on luxury items.
By extension, levy can mean to wage or carry out: levy war against a neighboring state.
The word suggests official, compulsory collection rather than voluntary contribution. (Capitalized Levy is a surname.)
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- inductionFormal admission process
- conscriptCompulsory military enrollee
- drafteeOne conscripted for service
- musterAssemble for inspection
call-up · mobilization · enlistment · selective service · recruitment · registrant · deferment · exemption
Formal evaluation of worth
customs · tribute · tithe · surcharge · impost · revenue · collection · rate
Formal evaluation of worth
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
- exactionForcible collection of dues
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
enforce · ordain · prescribe · dictate · require · compel · obligate · sanction
Required task or commitment
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- exactionForcible collection of dues
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- onusResponsibility one bears
liability · strain · weight · yoke · imposition · cost · expense · financial burden
draft
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- inductionFormal admission process
- conscriptCompulsory military enrollee
- drafteeOne conscripted for service
muster · call-up · mobilization · enlistment · selective service · recruitment · registrant · deferment · exemption · lottery
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
toll · customs · tribute · tithe · surcharge · impost · revenue · collection · rate · charge
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
- impositionUnfair demand on someone
- exactionForcible collection of dues
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
decree · enforce · ordain · prescribe · dictate · require · compel · obligate · sanction · regulation
obligation
Required task or commitment
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- exactionForcible collection of dues
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
onus · liability · strain · weight · yoke · imposition · cost · expense · financial burden · toll
- taxessales tax, income tax, estate tax, excise tax, corporate tax
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
- feudal leviescorvee, quit-rent, wardship, manorial dues, tithe
- feudal rightsfealty, homage, vassalage, lordship, fief
- trade taxestariff, customs duty, import duty, export duty, import tax
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
levydischarge
Release of substance outward
disband · demobilize · release · muster out · dismiss
- lever actionGun mechanism using pivoting handle
- gear leverTransmission ratio selector
- pull a leverActuate a mechanical control
- lever mechanismPivoting bar amplifying force
- Eugene Levy
- tax levyCompulsory government collection
lever, elevate, relevant, alleviate, levity, levitate, levied, levies, levying