levy

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈlɛv.i/

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from lever "to raise".

Verb

levy (third-person singular simple present levies, present participle levying, simple past and past participle levied)

1. To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property
2. To draft someone into military service
3. To wage war

Translations

To impose a tax

• Finnish: verottaa (fi)

• Polish: ściągać, pobierać

To impose a fine

• Finnish: sakottaa (fi)

• Spanish: multar (es)

To confiscate property

• Finnish: takavarikoida, ulosmitata, ulosottaa

To draft into military service

• Finnish: ottaa sotaväkeen

• Portuguese: convocar (pt) f
• Spanish: reclutar (es)

To wage war

• Finnish: käydä sotaa

Noun

levy (plural levies)

1. The act of levying.
   • Thirlwall

     A levy of all the men left under sixty.

2. The tax, property or people so levied.
   • Macaulay

     The Irish levies.

Translations

The act of levying

• Catalan: lleva (ca) f
• Finnish: veronkanto

• French: impôt (fr), prélèvement (fr), taxe (fr)
• Welsh: treth (cy) f

Etymology 2

Contraction of elevenpence.

Noun

levy (plural levies)

1. (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.

See also

• levee
• Levi

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Finnish

Etymology

Cognate to leveä (“wide”) and levittää (“to spread”).

Noun

levy

1. A thin, flat object of uniform thickness; a plate. (A thick plate may also be called laatta).
2. A board, as a flat construction material supplied in sheets, such as chipboard, or a sheet of such material.
3. A slab, as a thick, flat piece of material.
4. A disk for storing data.
5. A recording of a piece of music made on a disc, or a disc on which music is saved. If there's a need to be specific, a recording may also be called levytys.

Declension

Declension of levy (type valo) singular plural nominative levy levyt genitive levyn levyjen partitive levyä levyjä accusative levy levyn levyt inessive levyssä levyissä elative levystä levyistä illative levyyn levyihin adessive levyllä levyillä ablative levyltä levyiltä allative levylle levyille essive levynä levyinä translative levyksi levyiksi instructive – levyin abessive levyttä levyittä comitative – levyineen

Related terms

• levytys
• levyttää

Synonyms

• (musical recording): savikiekko, älppäri, pitkäsoittolevy, single, vinyyli, äänilevy

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

Anagrams

• elvy