levy

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
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.
5. 5
   To wage war.
6. 6
   To raise, as a siege.
7. 7
   To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

Noun

1. 1
   The act of levying.
2. 2
   The act of levying: A conscription action.
3. 3
   A tax: A tax paid in money.
4. 4
   A tax: A tax in kind.
5. 5
   The things or people so levied: Requisitioned supplies.
6. 6
   The things or people so levied: A body of conscripts.
7. 7
   A shilling.
8. 8
   The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname from Irish.
2. 2
   A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
3. 3
   A male given name.