Levee vs. Levy

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Leveenoun

An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

Leveenoun

(US) The steep bank of a river.

Leveenoun

(US) The border of an irrigated field.

Leveenoun

(US) A pier or other landing place on a river.

Leveenoun

(obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.

Leveenoun

A reception of visitors held after getting up.

Leveenoun

A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.

Leveeverb

To keep within a channel by means of levees.

Leveeverb

(transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.

Leveenoun

The act of rising.

Leveenoun

A morning assembly or reception of visitors, - in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.

Leveenoun

An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.

Leveeverb

To attend the levee or levees of.

Leveeverb

To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.

Leveenoun

a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

Leveenoun

an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river.

Leveenoun

a ridge of sediment deposited naturally alongside a river by overflowing water.

Leveenoun

a landing place; a quay.

Leveenoun

a formal reception of visitors or guests

Leveenoun

an afternoon assembly for men held by the British monarch or their representative

Leveenoun

a reception of visitors just after rising from bed.

Levee

A levee (), dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall that regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines.

Levyverb

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

Levyverb

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

Levyverb

To draft someone into military service.

Levyverb

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

Levyverb

To wage war.

Levyverb

To raise, as a siege.

Levyverb

(legal) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.

Levynoun

The act of levying.

Levynoun

The tax, property or people so levied.

Levynoun

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

Levynoun

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.

Levynoun

The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.

Levynoun

That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.

Levynoun

The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.

Levyverb

To raise, as a siege.

Levyverb

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

Levyverb

To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.

Levyverb

To gather or exact; as, to levy money.

Levyverb

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.

Levynoun

a charge imposed and collected

Levynoun

the act of drafting into military service

Levyverb

impose and collect;

Levyverb

cause to assemble or enlist in the military;

Levyverb

impose (a tax, fee, or fine)

Levyverb

impose a tax, fee, or fine on