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Lee-ve
The Jewish last name is not like the word with the definition below. The emphasis is on the first syllable and the ee is long.
le·vy
ˈlevē/
verb
verb: levy; 3rd person present: levies; past tense: levied; past participle: levied; gerund or present participle: levying

1.
impose (a tax, fee, or fine).
"a new tax could be levied on industry to pay for cleaning up contaminated land"
synonyms: impose, charge, exact, raise, collect; raremulct
"the government's right to levy taxes"
impose a tax, fee, or fine on.
"there will be powers to levy the owner"
synonyms: impose, charge, exact, raise, collect; raremulct
"the government's right to levy taxes"
seize (property) to satisfy a legal judgment.
"there were no goods to levy upon"
2.
archaic
enlist (someone) for military service.
"he sought to levy one man from each parish for service"
begin to wage (war).

noun
noun: levy; plural noun: levies

1.
an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine.
"union members were hit with a 2 percent levy on all pay"
synonyms: tax, tariff, toll, excise, duty, imposition, impost; raremulct
"the levy on alcohol"
a tax so raised.
a sum collected for a specific purpose, especially as a supplement to an existing subscription.
synonyms: imposition, raising, collection; formalexaction
"the levy of taxes"
an item or set of items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgment.
2.
historical
an act of enlisting troops.
a body of troops that have been enlisted.
"lightly armed local levies"

Origin
Middle English (as a noun): from Old French levee, feminine past participle of lever ‘raise,’ from Latin levare, from levis ‘light.’
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