LEVY

levy

Noun

  1. The act of levying.
  2. The tax, property or people so levied.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

Verb

  1. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property
    to levy a tax
  2. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
  3. To draft someone into military service
  4. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrolment, conscription. etc.
  5. To wage war
  6. To raise, as a siege.
  7. To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
    to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.


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