levier


lev·y

L0137200 (lĕv′ē)v. lev·ied, lev·y·ing, lev·ies v.tr.1. a. To impose (a tax or fine, for example) on someone.b. To impose a tax, fine, or other punishment on (a person or business).2. To enlist or conscript into military service: levy recruits.3. To declare and wage (a war).v.intr. To confiscate property, especially in accordance with a legal judgment.n. pl. lev·ies 1. The act or process of levying.2. Money, property, or troops levied.
[Middle English levien, from leve, levy, tax, from Old French levee, from feminine past participle of lever, to raise; see lever.]
lev′i·er n.

lev•i•er

(ˈlɛv i ər)

n. a person who levies. [1485–95]