levy

Other forms of levy

plural

levies·

past tense or participle

levied

present participle

levying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about levy

What does levy mean?

levy means "a charge imposed and collected". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in levy?

levy has 2 syllables: lev-y. The stress falls on "lev". In IPA it is /ˈlɛvi/.

What is another word for levy?

Close synonyms include levy en masse, impose, recruit, raise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is levy a common word?

levy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with levy?

1 word rhymes with levy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.