<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural: levies</li><li>an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force</li><li>the amount owed or collected</li><li>the conscription of troops</li><li>the troops conscripted</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>levied</li><li>levying</li><li>to impose (a tax): to levy a duty on imports</li><li>to conscript (troops)</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>enlist</li><li>draft</li><li>to start or wage (war)</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>levied</li><li>levying</li><li>to seize or attach property by judicial order</li></ul>