impose (a tax, fee, or fine)

a tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes

enlist (someone) for military service

he sought to levy one man from each vill for service

an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine

police forces receive 49 per cent of their funding via a levy on the rates

an act of enlisting troops

Edward I and Edward II had made substantial use of the feudal levy for raising an army