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What is the verb for levy?

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levy

To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
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.
(law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
Synonyms:

charge, impose, exact, lay, demand, assess, put, fine, tax, place, collect, set, gather, mulct, extort, raise, call, summon, wrest, wring, lay on, put on, introduce, inflict, force, apply, institute, wreak, require, invoice, take, slap, bill, enforce, saddle, ask, price, sell for, ask for, fix a price, fix a charge, fix price at, ask in payment, extract, claim, foist, encumber, burden, assign fee, tithe … more

Examples:

“The Virginia legislature proposed to levy a tax to support religious education, but individuals were free to choose which church was to receive the money.”

“He sought to levy one man from each village for service.”

levying

present participle of levy
Synonyms:

levies

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levy
Synonyms:

charges, imposes, exacts, lays, demands, assesses, puts, fines, taxes, places, collects, sets, gathers, mulcts, extorts, raises, calls, summons, wrests, wrings, lays on, puts on, introduces, applies, inflicts, institutes, wreaks, invoices, takes, slaps, bills, enforces, saddles, asks, prices, sells for, asks for, fixes a charge, fixes a price, fixes price at, asks in payment, extracts, claims, encumbers, assigns fee, forces, burdens, tithes, foists, vests … more

levied

simple past tense and past participle of levy
Synonyms:

took, exacted, extracted, imposed, claimed, demanded, inflicted, introduced, placed, forced, put, set, wreaked, wrought, foisted, laid, charged, assessed, fined, taxed, collected, lay, putten, put on, gathered, applied, instituted, invoiced, required, enforced, billed, saddled, priced, raised, slapped, laid on, fixed a price, put the squeeze on, fixt a charge, put the bite on, asked in payment, asked for, put the arm on, encumbered, employed, burdened, made, constrained, obliged, subjected … more

Examples:

“For individuals, the flat rate tax is levied on all wages, salaries or pensions, less a personal allowance.”

“The funding was a result of a Government tax levied on every tonne of stone aggregate extracted from quarrying.”

“For non-residents proportionate amounts are levied against real property or personal property based in Florida.”

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