Synonyms of levies

levies 1 of 2

noun

plural of levy

as in taxes

a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use

the legislators approved a new levy on imported cattle to help protect American ranchers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• taxes
• tariffs
• imposts
• impositions
• duties
• assessments
• excises
• surtaxes
• tolls
• direct taxes
• personal taxes
• customs
• property taxes
• income taxes
• tributes
• withholding taxes
• sales taxes
• surcharges
• poll taxes
• estate taxes
• inheritance taxes
• death taxes
• capitations
• hidden taxes
• supertaxes
• sin taxes
• value-added taxes
• single taxes
• proportional taxes
• flat taxes

levies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of levy

1

as in drafts

to pick especially for required military service

unprepared for war, the government was forced to levy young citizens on a scale that was unprecedented in its history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drafts
• recruits
• conscripts
• enlists
• volunteers
• conscribes
• enrolls
• enrols
• calls up
• presses
• impresses
• signs up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharges
• musters out

2

as in imposes

to establish or apply as a charge or penalty

the baseball commissioner levied a fine against every player involved in the fracas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imposes
• charges
• fines
• assesses
• puts
• taxes
• exacts
• lays
• excises
• forces
• penalizes
• extorts
• docks
• inflicts
• mulcts
• compels
• milks
• gouges
• coerces
• bleeds
• wreaks
• squeezes
• wrings
• shakes down
• skins
• wrests
• fleeces
• relays
• reapplies
• sets
• reimposes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remits
• diminishes
• lessens
• releases
• abates
• ignores
• forgives
• disregards
• excuses
• condones
• pardons
• glosses (over)
• glozes (over)