Levy
Levy (-y) , noun
[A contr. of elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.]
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12½ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
Levy , noun
[French levée, from lever to raise. See Lever, and compare Levee.]
1.
The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
A levy of all the men left under sixty.
2.
That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
The Irish levies.
3.
(Law) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
Collocations (1)
Levy in mass , a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.
Levy (lev"id) , transitive verb
1.
To raise, as a siege. [Obsolete] — Holland
2.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
Augustine... inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them.
3.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
If they do this... my ransom, then,
Will soon be levied.
4.
(a) (Law) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
(b)
(Law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
(c)
(Law) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution. [Obsolete] — Cowell
Collocations (2)
To levy a fine , to commence and carry on a suit for assuring the title to lands or tenements. — Blackstone
To levy war , to make or begin war; to take arms for attack; to attack.
Levy , intransitive verb
To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
Collocations (1)
To levy on goods and chattels , to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.