Definition of levy

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lev·y    (lv) KEY  

VERB:
lev·ied , lev·y·ing , lev·ies
VERB:
tr.

1. To impose or collect (a tax, for example).
2. To draft into military service.
3. To declare and wage (a war).

VERB:
intr.

To confiscate property, especially in accordance with a legal judgment.

NOUN:
pl. lev·ies

1. The act or process of levying.
2. Money, property, or troops levied.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English levien, from leve, levy, tax, from Old French levee, from feminine past participle of lever, to raise ; see lever

OTHER FORMS:
levi·er (Noun)

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