Definition of "levy" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.

   • to levy a tax

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. (law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

noun

1. The act of levying.

2. The things or people so levied.

3. (obsolete, slang) A shilling.

noun

1. (US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.