Conscription vs. Levy

Conscription vs. Levy — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Conscription and Levy

Conscriptionnoun

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

Levyverb

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

to levy a tax

Conscriptionnoun

An enrolling or registering.

Levyverb

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

Conscriptionnoun

compulsory military service

Levyverb

To draft someone into military service.

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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.

to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.

Levynoun

The act of levying.

Levynoun

The tax, property or people so levied.

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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 charge imposed and collected

Levynoun

the act of drafting into military service

Levyverb

impose and collect;

levy a fine

Levyverb

cause to assemble or enlist in the military;

raise an armyrecruit new soldiers