English Dictionary

levy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlɛ.vi/

動詞

To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. / To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority. / To draft someone into military service.

日本語の意味

(税金や罰金などを)課して徴収する / 財産を没収する・押収する / 徴兵する

The government decided to levy a new environmental tax to fund coastal repairs.

政府は沿岸の修復資金を賄うため、新しい環境税を課すことに決めた。

意味（1）

To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.

to levy a tax

意味（2）

To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.

If they do this […] my ransom, then, / Will soon be levied.

意味（3）

To draft someone into military service.

意味（4）

To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.

Augustine […] inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them.

意味（5）

To wage war.

意味（6）

To raise, as a siege.

Albeit hee saw that the siege was levied

意味（7）

(law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

The new levying or inhancing of Weares Mills

levies （ present singular third-person ）

levying （ participle present ）

levied （ participle past ）

levied （ past ）