Definition of levy

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Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc..

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Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc..
Levynite :: Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite..
Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.
Replevy :: Replevy (n.) Replevin.
Levee En Masse :: Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n..
Levy :: 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..
Replevin :: Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.
Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy..
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like..
Clevis :: Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy..
Tithing :: Tithing (n.) The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money..
Tithe :: Tithe (v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
War :: War (n.) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason..
Replevying :: Replevying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Replev.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..
Cosher :: Cosher (v. t.) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.
Levy :: 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..
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