levy

levy
n
1. raising, collecting, collection, gathering; enrollment, induction, call-up, summons; conscription, draft, enlistment, impressment; recruitment, mobilization, muster, assemblage, call to arms, call to colors, rally, round-up, war measures.
2. tax, tariff, toll, custom, excise, surcharge, tribute; impost, assessment, Brit. cess, exaction, taxation; duty, dues, rate, payment; poll tax, property tax, tithe, Peter's pence.
3. troops, forces, militia, army, armed forces; recruits, reserves, reinforcements, guard.
v
4. collect, raise, put together, gather; convoke, convene, shepherd, round up, corral; muster, mobilize, call up, activate, rally, assemble; enlist, conscript, draft, press, Archaic. impress, Archaic. list; enroll, induct, sign up or on; compel, coerce, force, dragoon.
5. impose, lay on, put on, set, fix, inflict; assess, rate, charge, toll, tax, excise, subject to duty.
6.(all in reference to war) start, begin, launch, instigate; open fire, strike the first blow, go on the warpath, take the field, rise up in arms; make war, wage war, declare war, throw down the gauntlet, draw the sword; attack, assault, assail, fall upon; raid, besiege, invade, march on.

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