Definitions for the word "Levy" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To raise, as a siege.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v.
(-ies, -ied) 1 impose or collect compulsorily (payment etc.). 2 enrol (troops etc.). 3 wage (war). n. (pl. -ies) 1 a collecting of a contribution, tax, etc. B contribution etc. Levied. 2 a act of enrolling troops etc. B (in pl.) Troops enrolled. [latin levo raise]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. slang
a shilling.—_Liverpool._ Among labourers a LEVY is a sum
obtained before it is due, something to keep a man going till
Saturday-night comes, or his task is finished.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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