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levying Meaning & Definition

What Does Levying Mean?

As a verb, levying means present participle and gerund of levy. As a noun, it means The act by which something is levied.

To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
to levy a tax
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
To draft someone into military service.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
To wage war.
To raise, as a siege.
To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.

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levyings of war

to levy a tax

to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.

levying

levying (plural levyings)