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The correct spelling is levying.
How to pronounce levying
verb
Say it like: Leei-ng
The correct spelling is levying. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. For example: "to levy a tax"
Usage Examples
“to levy a tax”
“to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.”
“levyings of war”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
- 2.To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
- 3.To draft someone into military service.
- 4.To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
- 5.To wage war.
noun
- 1.The act by which something is levied.
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