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Levies

The act of levying.

📖 Definitions of "Levies"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of levying.

  2. 2

    The tax, property or people so levied.

verb
  1. 1

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

    "to levy a tax"

  2. 2

    To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.

  3. 3

    To draft someone into military service.

  4. 4

    To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.

noun
  1. 1

    The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

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