An elevated geographical feature. / An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. / (US) The steep bank of a river. / (US) The border of an irrigated field.

(US, transitive) To keep within a channel by means of levees.

(obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest. / A reception of visitors held after getting up. / A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.

(transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.

To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property. / To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority. / To draft someone into military service.

The act of levying. / The tax, property or people so levied.

(US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.

An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic. / One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

The part of sociology that characterizes society as a whole

That part of sociology that studies specific situations.