Levy

Meaning

Verb

●

To

(a

or

) to

due, or to

property.

●

To

or

by

; to

by authority.

●

To

someone into

service.

●

To

; to

; said of

, to form into an

by

,

. etc.

●

To

war.

●

To

, as a siege.

●

In Law:

To

,

, or

; to make or

; to

or

up.

Noun

●

The

of levying.

●

The

,

or people so levied.

●

In American English, Maryland English, Pennsylvania English & Virginia English:

The Spanish

of

of a

,

at

when the

was

at

and sixpence.

Name

●

A

from Irish.

●

A Jewish

from Hebrew.

●

A

given name

Sourced from

Origin

levy

English

leve

Anglo-Norman

levee

Old French (842-ca. 1400)

Sourced from

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