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lev⋅y

  [lev-ee] noun, plural lev⋅ies, verb, lev⋅ied, lev⋅y⋅ing.
Use levies in a Sentence
–noun
1. an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
2. the amount owed or collected.
3. the conscription of troops.
4. the troops conscripted.
–verb (used with object)
5. to impose (a tax): to levy a duty on imports.
6. to conscript (troops).
7. to start or wage (war).
–verb (used without object)
8. to seize or attach property by judicial order.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME leve(e) < MF, n. use of fem. ptp. of lever to raise < L levāre, akin to levis light; cf. levee 2

Synonyms:
6. draft, enlist, callup.
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lev·y   (lěv'ē)   
v.   lev·ied, lev·y·ing, lev·ies

v.   tr.

  1. To impose or collect (a tax, for example).

  2. To draft into military service.

  3. To declare and wage (a war).

v.   intr.
To confiscate property, especially in accordance with a legal judgment.
n.   pl. lev·ies

  1. The act or process of levying.

  2. Money, property, or troops levied.


[Middle English levien, from leve, levy, tax, from Old French levee, from feminine past participle of lever, to raise; see lever.]
lev'i·er n.
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Word Origin & History

levy  (v.)
1227, "act of raising or collecting," from Anglo-Fr. leve, from O.Fr. levée "act of raising," noun use of fem. pp. of lever "to raise" (see lever). Originally of taxes, later of men for armies (1500). The noun meaning "an act of levying" is from 1427.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: levy
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: lev·ied; levy·ing
transitive verb 1 : to impose or collect (as a tax or fine) with authority levy stiffer penalties for some safety violations —National Law Journal>
2 : to enforce or carry into effect (a writ of execution) —compare ATTACH, GARNISH intransitive verb : to enforce a writ of execution or attachment; specifically : to make a seizure of real or personal property in a judgment debtor's possession levy on his merchandise —J. J. White and Railroad S. Summers>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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