Levy
English Meaning
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.
- To impose or collect (a tax, for example).
- To draft into military service.
- To declare and wage (a war).
- To confiscate property, especially in accordance with a legal judgment.
- The act or process of levying.
- Money, property, or troops levied.