levy

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.

2. 2noun

   The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.

3. 3noun

   That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.

4. 4noun

   The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.

5. 5transitive verb

   To raise, as a siege.

6. 6transitive verb

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

7. 7transitive verb

   To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.

8. 8transitive verb

   To gather or exact; as, to levy money.

9. 9transitive verb

   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.

10. 10transitive verb

    To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.

11. 11intransitive 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.

12. 12noun

    the act of drafting into military service

13. 13noun

    a charge imposed and collected

14. 14verb

    cause to assemble or enlist in the military

    "raise an army"

    "recruit new soldiers"

    Synonyms

    raiserecruit
15. 15verb

    impose and collect

    "levy a fine"

    Synonyms

    impose