(lev′ē) v. lev·ied, lev·y·ing v.t.
1. To impose and collect by authority or force, as a tax, fine, etc.
2. To enlist or call up (troops, etc.) for military service.
3. To prepare for, begin, or wage (war).
—v.i.
4. To make a levy.
5. Law To seize property by judicial writ in order to fulfil a judgment: usually with on.
—noun plural lev·ies
1. The act of exacting or collecting by compulsion.
2. That which is levied, as money or troops. [<OF levée, pp. fem. of lever raise <L levare]
—lev′i·er noun

(lev′ē) noun plural lev·ies
The Spanish real, equal to 12 ½ cents: once current in the United States as elevenpence. [Short for ELEVENPENCE]