Sekirov Dictionary

levy

/ˈlɛ.vi/

noun10

  1. The things or people so levied.
  2. A tax.
  3. A tax paid in money.
  4. A tax in kind.
  5. Requisitioned supplies.
  6. A body of conscripts.
  7. The act of levying.
  8. A conscription action.
  9. (slang, no longer used) A shilling.
  10. (US, no longer used) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

verb7

  1. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
  2. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
  3. To draft someone into military service.
  4. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
  5. To wage war.
  6. To raise, as a siege.
  7. To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
forms

levied · levying · levies

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