levy
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from lever "to raise".
Verb[edit]
levy (third-person singular simple present levies, present participle levying, simple past and past participle levied)
- To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property
- To draft someone into military service
- To wage war
Translations[edit]
To confiscate property
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To draft into military service
Noun[edit]
levy (plural levies)
- The act of levying.
- Thirlwall
- A levy of all the men left under sixty.
- Thirlwall
- The tax, property or people so levied.
- Macaulay
- The Irish levies.
- Macaulay
Translations[edit]
The act of levying
Etymology 2[edit]
Contraction of elevenpence.
Noun[edit]
levy (plural levies)
- (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[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate to leveä (“wide”) and levittää (“to spread”).
Noun[edit]
levy
- A thin, flat object of uniform thickness; a plate. (A thick plate may also be called laatta).
- A board, as a flat construction material supplied in sheets, such as chipboard, or a sheet of such material.
- A slab, as a thick, flat piece of material.
- A disk for storing data.
- 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[edit]
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Declension of levy (type valo)
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Related terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (musical recording): savikiekko, älppäri, pitkäsoittolevy, single, vinyyli, äänilevy
References[edit]
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.