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Levy Definition

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

levy (plural levies)

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

Translations

The act of levying

See also

Finnish

(index le)

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

Synonyms

A disc on which music has been recorded

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