Definition of levy

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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..

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Levying :: Levying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lev.
Levynite :: Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..
Rebellion :: Rebellion (v. i.) The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection..
Cosher :: Cosher (v. t.) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.
Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
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..
Levee En Masse :: Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc..
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..
Replevy :: Replevy (n.) Replevin.
Replevying :: Replevying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Replev.
Levyne :: Levyne (n.) Alt. of Levynit.
Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
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..
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..
Replevin :: Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money..
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