n. 征费；课税，征税（levy的名词复数形式）
v. 征收；征兵（levy的单三形式）

Levy \Lev"y\ (-[y^]), n.; pl. {Levies} (-[i^]z). [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 121/2
cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at
7s. 6d.