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Levy, Lévy or Levies may refer to:

Levy (surname)
Levy (surname)
Levy or Lévy is a surname. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the name is Levi or Lévi.-People named Levy/Lévy:* Andrea Levy , British author* Azriel Levy , Israeli mathematician...
Levy's (department store)
Levy's (department store)
Levy's, also known as Levy Brothers, was a department store based in Tucson, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1950 by Jewish brothers Jacob and Ben Levy, who acquired the former Myers & Bloom department store in downtown Tucson....

, Arizona chain
Levy County, Florida
Levy County, Florida
Levy County is a county located in the state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 34,450. The U.S. Census Bureau 2005 estimate for the county is 37,998. Its county seat is Bronson, Florida. Levy is pronounced lee vee.- History :...

Military organizations

Aden Protectorate Levies
Aden Protectorate Levies
The Aden Protectorate Levies were a militia force for local defense of the Aden Protectorate. The Levies were drawn from all parts of the Protectorate and were armed and officered by the British military...
Iraq Levies
Kachin Levies
Kachin Levies
The Northern Kachin Levies were a British special force created in World War II in Burma. The Levies were made up of members of the Kachin people under the command of British officers and they fought the Japanese in the jungle of north Burma....
Malakand Levies
Malakand Levies
In 1920, when the Swat Levies were reorganized, Sadullah Khan, known as Khan Sahib was promoted as Subedar Major and he thus became the first Subedar Major of Swat Levies. In 1950 regular police was introduced in Swat by conversion of the Levies personnel into it...
Swat Levies
Swat Levies
In 1895 after the British conquered Swat, Dir, Chitral, Bajawar and Malakand, a collective force was established as the Swat Levies, which included therein the Dir Levies, Chitral Border Police and Malakand Levies. Maj. A.H. Dean who was the first Political Agent of Malakand was assigned the task...
Trucial Oman Levies

To force someone into military or national service by means of conscription
Conscription
Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...
- Feudal levies a form of medieval conscription
- Shire levy
  Shire levy
  A shire levy was a means of military recruitment in medieval England. As opposed to a levy of noble families, a shire levy was effected within a geographical administrative area , entailing the mobilisation of able-bodied men between the ages of 16 and 60 within the shire for military duty...
  
  , a means of military recruitment in medieval England
A legal action, where property of a judgment debtor is taken for public sale to satisfy a monetary judgment
An imposition of a fine
To take monies in order to pay off a tax
Tax
To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entities...

liability
To wage war
War
War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...

3673 Levy
3673 Levy
3673 Levy is an asteroid discovered on August 22, 1985 by Edward L. G. Bowell and named after Canadian astronomer David H. Levy. In December 2007, astronomers discovered that 3673 Levy is a binary asteroid having a satellite roughly 28% of its size orbiting every 21.6 hours.-References:...

, an asteroid
Henry S. Levy and Sons
Henry S. Levy and Sons
Henry S. Levy and Sons, popularly known as Levy's, was a bakery based in Brooklyn, New York, USA and most famous for their rye bread. They are best known for their advertising campaign "You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Love Levy's", which columnist Walter Winchell referred to as "the commercial [sic]...

, Brooklyn bakery
Michel Lévy Frères
Michel Lévy Frères
Michel Lévy Frères is a Parisian publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy with his brothers Nathan and Kalmus. Michel served as publisher until his death in 1875....

, a Parisian publishing house established in 1836
USS Levy (DE-162)
USS Levy (DE-162)
USS Levy was a , named in honor of Commodore Uriah P. Levy , a notable figure of the nineteenth-century Navy.The ship was laid down on 19 October 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey, launched on 28 March 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Charles Mathoff, niece of...

, destroyer escort