Found 3 items, similar to levy.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: levy
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: levy
levy
n 1: a charge imposed and collected
2: the act of drafting into military service [syn:
levy en masse
]
v 1: impose and collect;
“levy a fine” [syn:
impose]
2: cause to assemble or enlist in the military;
“raise an
army”;
“recruit new soldiers” [syn:
recruit,
raise]
[also:
levied]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Levy
Levy
\Lev"y\ (-[y^]), n.; pl.
Levies (-[i^]z). [A contr. of
elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.]
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 121/2
cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at
7s. 6d.
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Levy
\Lev"y\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See
Lever,
and cf.
Levee.]
1. The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the
levy of troops, taxes, etc.
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A levy of all the men left under sixty. --Thirlwall.
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2. That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
“
The Irish levies.” --Macaulay.
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3. (Law) The taking or seizure of property on executions to
satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of
taxes; a collecting by execution.
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Levy in mass [F. lev['e]e en masse], a requisition of all
able-bodied men for military service.
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Levy
\Lev"y\, 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.
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To levy on goods and chattels, to take into custody or
seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.
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Levy
\Lev"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Levied (l[e^]v"[i^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n.
Levying.]
1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] --Holland.
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2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army
by enrollment, conscription, etc.
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Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to
levy his power, and to war against them. --Fuller.
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3. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority;
as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
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If they do this . . . my ransom, then,
Will soon be levied. --Shak.
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4. (Law)
(a) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
(b) 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. [Obs.] --Cowell. --Blackstone.
(c) To take or seize on execution; to collect by
execution.
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To levy a fine, to commence and carry on a suit for
assuring the title to lands or tenements. --Blackstone.
To levy war, to make or begin war; to take arms for attack;
to attack.
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