Look up: levy

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   levy
   [n] - a charge imposed and collected 2. [n] - the act of drafting into military service 3. [v] - impose and collect
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   levy
   assessment of a duty on an imported merchandise Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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   Levy
   (see Execution and Fi-Fa) A duty carried out by a bailiff or sheriff under the authority of a warrant or writ of fi-fa, for a sum of money whereby goods of value belonging to the debtor are claimed with a view to removal and sale at a public auction in an attempt to obtain payment
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   Levy
   Lev'y (-ȳ) noun ; plural Levies (-ĭz). [ A contr. of elevenpence or elevenpenny bit .] 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.
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   Levy
   Lev'y noun [ French levée , from lever to raise. See Lever , and confer Levee .] 1. The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc. « A levy of all the men left under sixty.» Thirlwall. 2. That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc. ' The Irish levies .' Macaul ...
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   Levy
   Lev'y transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Levied (lĕv'ĭd); present participle & verbal noun Levying .] 1. To raise, as a siege. [ Obsolete] Holland. 2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc. « Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, ...
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   Levy
   Lev'y intransitive verb 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. To levy on goods and chattels , to take into custody or seize specific property in satisfaction of a writ.
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   Levy
   Gabrielle, French neurologist, 1886-1935. ... See: Roussy-Levy disease, Roussy-Levy syndrome. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   levy
   noun a charge imposed and collected
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    levy
    noun the act of drafting into military service
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    Levy
    `Levy` or `Lévy` may refer to: * Forced labor; see conscription or national service * An imposition of a tax * A judicial remedy where the property of a judgment debtor is seized for public sale to satisfy a monetary judgment * An administrative (i.e., non-judicial) seizure or distraint of property by a taxing authority to satisfy a tax liability (for example, under United States tax law pursuant to ) * An alternate spelling of Levi * An alterna...
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    Levy
    • (n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc. • (v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc. • (v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as,...
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    Lévy
    Gabrielle, French neurologist, 1886–1935. See: Roussy-Lévy syndrome, Roussy-Lévy disease
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    Levy
    1. To impose and collect a tax or tariff. 2. A tax or tariff.
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    levy
    
    1. a charge imposed and collected
    2. the act of drafting into military service
    
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    Levy
    A tax imposed by government, to meet a specific objective.
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    Levy
    (v) Levy is the charge imposed on a property , or activity , transaction etc to recover the amount due for its use, payable by a judgment in a lawsuit, taxation provisions etc.
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    levy
    1) v. to seize (take) property upon a writ of execution (an order to seize property) issued by the court to pay a money judgment granted in a lawsuit. The levy is actually made by a sheriff or other official at the request of the holder of the judgment (the winner in the lawsuit), and the property will be sold at a sheriff's sale to provide money t...
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