Definition of levy

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Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.

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Exaction :: Exaction (n.) The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion..
Levyne :: Levyne (n.) Alt. of Levynit.
Leave :: Leave (v. t.) To raise; to levy.
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..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
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.
Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.
Tithe :: Tithe (v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
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 (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..
Replevin :: Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.
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. 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..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..
Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
Replevy :: Replevy (n.) Replevin.
Levy :: Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc..
Levynite :: Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite..
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
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