Levy vs. Tax

Levyverb

To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.

Levyverb

To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.

Levyverb

To draft someone into military service.

Levyverb

To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.

Levyverb

To wage war.

Levyverb

To raise, as a siege.

Levyverb

(legal) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

Levynoun

The act of levying.

Levynoun

The tax, property or people so levied.

Levynoun

The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

Levynoun

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12½ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.

Levynoun

The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.

Levynoun

That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.

Levynoun

The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.

Levyverb

To raise, as a siege.

Levyverb

To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.

Levyverb

To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.

Levyverb

To gather or exact; as, to levy money.

Levyverb

To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.

Levynoun

a charge imposed and collected

Levynoun

the act of drafting into military service

Levyverb

impose and collect;

Levyverb

cause to assemble or enlist in the military;

Levyverb

impose (a tax, fee, or fine)

Levyverb

impose a tax, fee, or fine on

Levyverb

seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgement

Levyverb

enlist (someone) for military service

Levyverb

begin to wage (war)

Levynoun

an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine

Levynoun

a tax raised by levying

Levynoun

a sum collected as a supplement to an existing subscription

Levynoun

an item or items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgement.

Levynoun

an act of enlisting troops

Levynoun

a body of troops that have been enlisted

Taxnoun

Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.

Taxnoun

A burdensome demand.

Taxnoun

A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.

Taxnoun

(obsolete) charge; censure

Taxnoun

(obsolete) A lesson to be learned.

Taxverb

(transitive) To impose and collect a tax from (a person).

Taxverb

(transitive) To impose and collect a tax on (something).

Taxverb

(transitive) To make excessive demands on.

Taxnoun

A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority.

Taxnoun

A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.

Taxnoun

A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.

Taxnoun

Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.

Taxnoun

A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.

Taxnoun

A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.

Taxnoun

Charge; censure.

Taxnoun

A lesson to be learned; a task.

Taxverb

To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government.

Taxverb

To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.

Taxverb

To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; - often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride.

Taxnoun

charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

Taxverb

levy a tax on;

Taxverb

set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

Taxverb

use to the limit;

Taxverb

make a charge against or accuse;

Taxnoun

a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions

Taxnoun

a strain or heavy demand

Taxverb

impose a tax on (someone or something)

Taxverb

pay tax on (something, especially a vehicle)

Taxverb

make heavy demands on (someone's powers or resources)

Taxverb

confront (someone) with a fault or wrongdoing

Taxverb

examine and assess (the costs of a case)

Tax

A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures. A failure to pay, along with evasion of or resistance to taxation, is punishable by law.