English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of levy

levy

/noun/ लेवी; उदग्रहण; उगाही; करारोपण; आरोपित राशि; भरती;
/verb/उठाना; कर लगाना; वसूल करना; एकत्र करना;

Synonym lavvy; collection; mince; raise; tax; collect; amass;

Next : lewdPrevious : leviable

English Dictionary:

1. Levy

[n.]

- A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
- The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
- That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
- The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.

2. Levy

[v. i.]

- 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.

3. Levy

[v. t.]

- To raise, as a siege.
- To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
- To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
- To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
- 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.
- To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.