The difference between Levy and Tax
When used as nouns, levy means the act of levying, whereas tax means money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
When used as verbs, levy means to impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property, whereas tax means to impose and collect a tax from (a person).
check bellow for the other definitions of Levy and Tax
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Levy as a verb:
To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
Examples:
"to levy a tax"
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Levy as a verb:
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
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Levy as a verb:
To draft someone into military service.
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Levy as a verb:
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
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Levy as a verb:
To wage war.
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Levy as a verb:
To raise, as a siege.
Examples:
"rfquotek Holland"
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Levy as a verb (legal):
To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
Examples:
"to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc."
"rfquotek Cowell"
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Levy as a noun:
The act of levying.
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Levy as a noun:
The tax, property or people so levied.
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Levy as a noun (US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia):
The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.
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Tax as a noun:
Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.
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Tax as a noun:
A burdensome demand.
Examples:
"a heavy tax on time or health"
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Tax as a noun:
A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
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Tax as a noun (obsolete):
charge; censure
Examples:
"rfquotek Clarendon"
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Tax as a noun (obsolete):
A lesson to be learned.
Examples:
"rfquotek Johnson"
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Tax as a verb (transitive):
To impose and collect a tax from (a person).
Examples:
"Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest."
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Tax as a verb (transitive):
To impose and collect a tax on (something).
Examples:
"Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector."
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Tax as a verb (transitive):
To make excessive demands on.