levy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: levy	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for levy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
levy n a charge imposed and collected the act of drafting into military service Synonym(s): levy, levy en masse v impose and collect; "levy a fine" Synonym(s): levy, impose cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" Synonym(s): recruit, levy, raise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levy \Lev"y\ (-[ycr]), n.; pl. {Levies} (-[icr]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 12[frac12] cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levy \Lev"y\, n. [F. lev[82]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. A levy of all the men left under sixty. --Thirlwall. 2. That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. [bd] The Irish levies.[b8] --Macaulay. 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. {Levy in mass} [F. lev[82]e en masse], a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Levy \Lev"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Levied} (l[ecr]v"[icr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Levying}.] 1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] --Holland. 2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc. Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them. --Fuller. 3. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions. If they do this . . . my ransom, then, Will soon be levied. --Shak. 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. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. {To levy on goods and chattels}, to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Levy (1 Kings 4:6, R.V.; 5:13), forced service. The service of tributaries was often thus exacted by kings. Solomon raised a "great levy" of 30,000 men, about two per cent. of the population, to work for him by courses on Lebanon. Adoram (12:18) presided over this forced labour service (Ger. Frohndienst; Fr. corvee).