LEVY

levy, levy en masse

(noun) the act of drafting into military service

levy

(noun) a charge imposed and collected

recruit, levy, raise

(verb) cause to assemble or enlist in the military; “raise an army”; “recruit new soldiers”

levy, impose

(verb) impose and collect; “levy a fine”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

levy (third-person singular simple present levies, present participle levying, simple past and past participle levied)

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

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

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.

To raise, as a siege.

(legal) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

Noun

levy (plural levies)

The act of levying.

The tax, property or people so levied.

Etymology 2

Noun

levy (plural levies)

(US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

Anagrams

• Elvy, vley

Etymology

Proper noun

Levy

A surname.

A Jewish surname.

A male given name

Anagrams

• Elvy, vley

Source: Wiktionary

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Lev"y, n.; pl. Levies. Etym: [A contr. of elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.]

Definition: A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eight of a dollar (or 12

Lev"y, n. Etym: [F. levée, fr. lever to raise. See Lever, and cf. Lever.]

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. Thirlwall.

2. That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. " The Irish levies." Macaulay.

3. (Law)

Definition: The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution. Levy in mass Etym: [F. levée en masse], a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.

Lev"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Levied; p. pr. & vb. n. Levying.]

1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] 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. Fuller.

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. Shak.

4. (Law) (a) To gather or exact; as, to levy money. (b) 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. [Obs.] Cowell. Blackstone. (c) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution. 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.

Lev"y, v. i.

Definition: 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. To levy on goods and chattels, to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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