cost vs levy

cost

verb
  • To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price. 

  • To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of. 

  • To require to be borne or suffered; to cause. 

  • To calculate or estimate a price. 

noun
  • Quality; condition; property; value; worth; a wont or habit; disposition; nature; kind; characteristic. 

  • A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur. 

  • Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used. 

  • A cottise. 

levy

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

  • To raise, as a siege. 

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

  • To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up. 

  • To draft someone into military service. 

  • To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc. 

  • To wage war. 

noun
  • The tax, property or people so levied. 

  • The act of levying. 

How often have the words cost and levy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )