Definition of levy Levy
/lɛˈvi/ - [levee] - lev•y
We found 27 definitions of levy from 8 different sources.
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WordNet
NounPlural: levies |
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| levy - a charge imposed and collected | ||
| charge an impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" | ||
| revenue enhancement, tax, taxation charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | ||
| levy - the act of drafting into military service | ||
| levy en masse | ||
| conscription, muster, selective service, draft compulsory military service | ||
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| levy - impose and collect; "levy a fine" | ||
| impose | ||
| bill, charge advertise especially by posters or placards; "He was billed as the greatest tenor since Caruso" | ||
| toll ring slowly; "For whom the bell tolls" | ||
| tithe pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church; "Although she left the church officially, she still tithes" | ||
| reimpose impose anew; "The fine was reimposed" | ||
| lay put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" | ||
| mulct impose a fine on; "he was fined for littering" | ||
| tax make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court" | ||
| distrain legally take something in place of a debt payment | ||
| levy - cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" | ||
| recruit, raise | ||
| muster in, draft, enlist draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- levy (Noun)
The act of levying. - levy (Noun)
The tax, property or people so levied. - levy (Noun)
The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence. - levy (Verb)
To impose a tax or fine to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. - levy (Verb)
To draft someone into military service. - levy (Verb)
To wage war.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- levy (n.)
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. - levy (n.)
The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc. - levy (n.)
That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. - levy (n.)
The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution. - levy (v. t.)
To raise, as a siege. - levy (v. t.)
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc. - levy (v. t.)
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions. - levy (v. t.)
To gather or exact; as, to levy money. - levy (v. t.)
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. - levy (v. t.)
To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution. - levy (v. i.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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levy
A ratable portion of the produce of the property and labor of the individual citizens, taken by the nation, in the exercise of its sovereign rights, for the support of government, for the administration of the laws, and as the means for continuing in operation the various legitimate functions of the state.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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levy
lev′i, v.t. to raise: to collect by authority, as an army or a tax:—pr.p. lev′ying; pa.t. and pa.p. lev′ied.—n. the act of collecting by authority: the troops so collected. [L. levāre, to raise.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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levy
An enrolment or conscription.--To levy. To raise recruits.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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levy
(Fr. levée). Is the compulsory raising of a body of troops from any specified class in the community for purposes of general defense or offense. When a country is in danger of instant invasion, a levée en masse is sometimes made,--i.e., every man capable of bearing arms is required to contribute in person towards the common defense. On less urgent occasions, the levy may be restricted to a class, as to men between eighteen and forty years of age. At other times, a levy of so many thousand men of a certain age is decreed, and the districts concerned draw them by lot from among their eligible male population. In armies sustained by volunteering, the levy, which is a remnant of barbarous times, is unnecessary; but the system was frequently resorted to in France before the enactment of the conscription laws. In 1862-64 there were great levies in the United States of America; and in any country where great danger is apparent, and volunteers are not sufficiently numerous, recourse must at all times be had to a levy of the people. This term is also applied to the assessment of taxes, tolls, or contributions. -
levy
To raise or collect troops or funds by a levy. The word has also other meanings; as, to levy war, to make war, to begin hostilities; to levy a siege, to desist from, to raise the siege. In this latter sense it is nearly obsolete.
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