Definition of levy

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Levy (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc..

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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..
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money..
Replevying :: Replevying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Replev.
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..
Leave :: Leave (v. t.) To raise; to levy.
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 raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc..
Tithe :: Tithe (v. t.) To levy a tenth part on; to tax to the amount of a tenth; to pay tithes on.
Levy :: Levy (n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, 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..
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..
Levynite :: Levynite (n.) A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite..
Levee En Masse :: Levee en masse () See Levy in mass, under Levy, n..
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
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..
Replevy :: Replevy (n.) Replevin.
Tithing :: Tithing (n.) The act of levying or taking tithes; that which is taken as tithe; a tithe.
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 (v. t.) To raise, as a siege..
Replevin :: Replevin (v. t.) To replevy.
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