levy
noun (a levy, levies); verb (levy, levies, levied, levying)
Everyday
- A levy is a tax or charge that people or companies must pay. tree →
- To levy a tax or fine is to make people pay it. tree →
- (history) A levy was also a group of soldiers called up to fight. tree →
In the lessons
Used in news, adult life and money lessons: a sugar levy on fizzy drinks, a plastic bag levy. In history: a king levied taxes or levied troops. Phrases: levy a tax, impose a levy.
Examples
- The government put a levy on sugary drinks. tree →
- Shops charge a small levy for plastic bags. tree →
- The king levied a tax on wool. tree →
- The council levied a fine on the builder. tree →
- A levy of soldiers was raised for the war. tree →
- Part of the price goes to the levy. tree →
- But don't you levy taxes too early." tree →
Note
Plural: levies. Past: levied. It is a formal word; in everyday talk people say «tax» or «charge». In a maths problem, a levy is an extra amount added to the price, so you add it.
In Jewish tradition
A levy is a share taken from the spoil of war and given to God. In the time of the kings it also meant a group of workers called up from the people for the king's service, with an officer set over it.
Interpretation. The tradition reads the levy as dedicating part of the victory to God. Solomon's levy of thirty thousand men is told as a heavy burden on the people.
Examples
- and levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the flocks; (Torah NUM.31.28, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Adoram was over the levy; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; (Prophets 2SA.20.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy. (Prophets 1KI.4.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. (Prophets 1KI.5.27, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Plural: levies. Past: levied. It is a formal word; in everyday talk people say «tax» or «charge». In a maths problem, a levy is an extra amount added to the price, so you add it.
On Mova
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- Trees and pragmatics of «levy» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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