n. 25B6; verb
a proposal to levy VAT on fuel : IMPOSE, charge, exact, raise, collect; tax.
(archaic) levying troops : CONSCRIPT, call up, enlist, mobilize, rally, muster, marshal, recruit, raise; US draft.
25B6; noun
the levy of taxation : IMPOSITION, raising, collection; formal exaction.
the levy on spirits : TAX, tariff, toll, excise, duty, imposition, impost; formal mulct.
(archaic) not shire levies, but professional soldiers : CONSCRIPTS, troops, (armed) forces, army, militia.