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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Distrain :: Distrain (v. i.) To levy a distress.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money..
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..
Levee En Masse :: Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n..
Replevin :: Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.
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..
Namation :: Namation (n.) A distraining or levying of a distress; an impounding.
War :: War (n.) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason..
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..
Levynite :: Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite..
Tithing :: Tithing (n.) The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
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 (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Levying :: Levying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lev.
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..
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..
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.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..
Leave :: Leave (v. t.) To raise; to levy.
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