levy /ˈlɛvi/
 征稅,召集,課征(vi.)征稅,課稅(vt.)徵收,發動,召集


 Lev·y n.; pl. Levies   A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12½ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.


 Lev·y, n.
 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. “ The Irish levies.”
 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 , a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.


 Lev·y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Levied 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.


 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.

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 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]


 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).