Meaning & use
Levying
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Imposing or collecting a tax, fee, or fine by legal authority.
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The city council voted on levying a new tax on short-term rentals.
The government began levying tariffs on imported steel.
A note on using this word
The same verb historically applied to raising troops for war, as in "levying an army," a sense still found in older legal texts.
Words with a similar meaning
imposingcharging
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Words with an opposite meaning
waivingexempting
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