“In effect, the bookies would face a levy on profits to help those who are damaged by betting.”
“This volume is mainly a transcription of the documents produced during the levy of taxation in Herefordshire in the reign of Henry VIII.”
levy
(US, obsolete, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia) The Spanishreal of one eighth of a dollar, valued at elevenpence when the dollar was rated at seven shillings and sixpence.