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.
source: Webster 1913
The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
source: Webster 1913
verb
impose and collect
Levy a fine.
source: WordNet 3.0
cause to assemble or enlist in the military
Raise an army. Recruit new soldiers.
source: WordNet 3.0
To raise, as a siege.
source: Webster 1913
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.
