Definition of levy

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Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money..

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Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..
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..
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..
Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.
Replevying :: Replevying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Replev.
War :: War (n.) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason..
Levy :: Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions..
Levying :: Levying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lev.
Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
Levy :: 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 :: Levy (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc..
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..
Replevy :: Replevy (n.) Replevin.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money..
Replevin :: Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.
Levee En Masse :: Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n..
Levynite :: Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite..
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..
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