[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

levy \lev"y\ -y^, n.; pl. levies -i^z. 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 121/2
   cents, valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at
   7s. 6d.
   1913 webster
see also:
levies 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

levy \lev"y\, n. f. lev'ee, fr. lever to raise. see lever,
   and cf. levee.
   1. the act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the
      levy of troops, taxes, etc.
      1913 webster

            a levy of all the men left under sixty. --thirlwall.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. "
      the irish levies." --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   levy in mass f. lev'ee en masse, a requisition of all
      able-bodied men for military service.
      1913 webster
see also:
lever levee levy in mass 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

levy \lev"y\, v. t. imp.  p. p. levied le^v"i^d; p.
   pr.  vb. n. levying.
   1. to raise, as a siege. obs. --holland.
      1913 webster

   2. to raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army
      by enrollment, conscription, etc.
      1913 webster

            augustine . . . inflamed ethelbert, king of kent, to
            levy his power, and to war against them. --fuller.
      1913 webster

   3. to raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority;
      as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
      1913 webster

            if they do this . . . my ransom, then,
            will soon be levied.                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
levied levying to levy a fine to levy war 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

levy \lev"y\, 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.
   1913 webster

   to levy on goods and chattels, to take into custody or
      seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.
      1913 webster levyne
see also:
to levy on goods and chattels 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

levy
     n 1: a charge imposed and collected
     2: the act of drafting into military service syn: levy en
        masse
     v 1: impose and collect; "levy a fine" syn: impose
     2: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an
        army"; "recruit new soldiers" syn: recruit, raise
     also: levied
see also:
levy en masse impose recruit raise levied 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

200 moby thesaurus words for "levy":
   angary, annex, annexation, annexure, ask, ask for, assess,
   assessment, attach, attachment, beat the drums, blackmail, boot,
   bugle call, burden with, call, call for, call to arms, call up,
   call-up, catchword, cess, challenge, charge, charge for, claim,
   clamor for, clarion, clarion call, collectivization, collectivize,
   commandeer, commandeering, communalization, communalize,
   communization, communize, compulsory military service, confiscate,
   confiscation, conscience money, conscript, conscription,
   contribution, cry for, demand, demand for, detach,
   detach for service, direct tax, distrain, distraint, distress,
   draft, draft call, drafted man, draftee, drafting, drain, duty,
   eminent domain, enjoin, enlist, enlistee, enlistment, enroll,
   enrollee, enrollment, exact, exaction, execution, exhortation,
   expropriate, expropriation, extort, extortion, extortionate demand,
   fasten upon, freight with, garnish, garnishment, go for broke,
   graduated taxation, gung ho, heavy demand, impose, impose on,
   impose upon, imposition, impost, impound, impoundment, impress,
   impressment, indent, indirect tax, induct, inductee, induction,
   inflict on, inflict upon, insistent demand, issue an ultimatum,
   join, joint return, lay, lay on, list, make a demand,
   make dutiable, mobilization, mobilize, muster, muster in,
   nationalization, nationalize, nonnegotiable demand, notice, order,
   order up, place, place an order, press, pro rata, progressive tax,
   prorate, put, put down, put in requisition, put on, put upon,
   raise, rally, rallying cry, raw recruit, rebel yell, recruit,
   recruiting, recruitment, replevin, replevy, require, requirement,
   requisition, right of angary, rookie, rush, rush order,
   saddle with, screw, selectee, selective service, separate returns,
   sequester, sequestrate, sequestration, set, sign on, sign up,
   single tax, slogan, socialization, socialize, stick for,
   subject to, summon, summons, supertax, surtax, tariff, task, tax,
   tax base, tax dodging, tax evasion, tax exemption, tax return,
   tax structure, tax withholding, tax-exempt status, taxable income,
   taxation, taxing, tenderfoot, tithe, toll, trainee, tribute,
   trumpet call, ultimatum, war cry, war whoop, warn, warning,
   watchword, weight down with, withholding tax, wrest, wring,
   yoke with

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

levy
   1 kings 4:6, r.v.; 5:13, forced service. the service of
   tributaries was often thus exacted by kings. solomon raised a
   "great levy" of 30,000 men, about two per cent. of the
   population, to work for him by courses on lebanon. adoram
   12:18 presided over this forced labour service ger.
   frohndienst; fr. corvee.
   

[8] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

levy, practice. a seizure q.v. the raising of the money for which an 
execution has been issued. 
     2. in order to make a valid levy on personal property, the sheriff must 
have it within his power and control, or at least within his view, and if, 
having it so, he makes a levy upon it, it will be good if followed up 
afterwards within a reasonable time, by his taking possession in such 
manner as to apprize everybody of the fact of its having been taken into 
execution. 3 rawle r. 405-6; 1 whart. 377; 2 s.  r. 142; 1 wash c. c. r. 
29; 6 watts, 468; 1 whart. 116. the usual mode of making levy upon real 
estate, is to describe the land which has been seised under the execution, 
by metes and bounds, as in a deed of conveyance. 3 bouv. inst. n. 3391. 
     3. it is a general rule, that when a sufficient levy has been made, the 
officer cannot make a second. 12 john. r. 208; 8 cowen, r. 192. 

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

levy -- u.s. county in florida
   population 2000:    34450
   housing units 2000: 16570
   land area 2000:     1118.379664 sq. miles 2896.589908 sq. km
   water area 2000:    293.940133 sq. miles 761.301417 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1412.319797 sq. miles 3657.891325 sq. km
   located within:       florida fl, fips 12
   location:             29.330144 n, 82.707810 w
   headwords:
    levy
    levy, fl
    levy county
    levy county, fl

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Welcome
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