levy
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from lever (“to raise”).
Verb
editlevy (third-person singular simple present levies, present participle levying, simple past and past participle levied)
- (transitive) To impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
- to levy a tax
- 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian[1]:
- In August, the company also announced that it would begin to levy fines on other vendors on its platform who over-package their products.
- To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- If they do this […] my ransom, then, / Will soon be levied.
- To draft someone into military service.
- To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription. etc.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
- Augustine […] inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to levy his power, and to war against them.
- To wage war.
- To raise, as a siege.
- 1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:
- Albeit hee saw that the siege was levied
- (law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
- 1619, Michael Dalton, The Countrey Justice:
- The new levying or inhancing of Weares Mills
Translations
editto impose a tax
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to impose a fine
to confiscate property
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to draft into military service
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to wage war
Noun
editlevy (plural levies)
- The act of levying.
- 1835-1847, Connop Thirlwall, The History of Greece
- A levy of all the men left under sixty.
- 1835-1847, Connop Thirlwall, The History of Greece
- The tax, property, or people so levied.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 12, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- The Irish levies.
- 2023 November 17, Oliver Haynes, “Five years on, the world is failing to learn the gilets jaunes’ lesson about class and climate”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
- The first is that French people are more concerned about the poor health of their democracy – since the carbon levy they have campaigned for democratic reform (though this has proven harder to deliver than the tax U-turn).
Derived terms
editTranslations
editact of levying
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tax, property or people so levied
Etymology 2
editContraction of elevenpence.
Noun
editlevy (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
editAnagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editlev- + -y; from the same root as leveä (“wide”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlevy
- plate (thin, flat object of uniform thickness)
- board (flat construction material supplied in sheets, such as chipboard, or a sheet of such material)
- slab (thick, flat piece of material)
- (computing, electronics) disk (device for storing data)
- (music) recording, disc (piece of music stored on a disc, or a disc on which music is saved)
- Ellipsis of keittolevy (“hotplate”).
Declension
editInflection of levy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | levy | levyt | |
genitive | levyn | levyjen | |
partitive | levyä | levyjä | |
illative | levyyn | levyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | levy | levyt | |
accusative | nom. | levy | levyt |
gen. | levyn | ||
genitive | levyn | levyjen | |
partitive | levyä | levyjä | |
inessive | levyssä | levyissä | |
elative | levystä | levyistä | |
illative | levyyn | levyihin | |
adessive | levyllä | levyillä | |
ablative | levyltä | levyiltä | |
allative | levylle | levyille | |
essive | levynä | levyinä | |
translative | levyksi | levyiksi | |
abessive | levyttä | levyittä | |
instructive | — | levyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
edit- (plate): laatta
- (musical recording): levytys (music); savikiekko, vinyyli, äänilevy (physical disc)
Hyponyms
edit- (recording): älppäri, pitkäsoittolevy, single
Derived terms
editcompounds
- aaltolevy
- akustiikkalevy
- alkiolevy
- aluslevy
- asbestilevy
- asteikkolevy
- astelevy
- CD-levy
- CD-ROM-levy
- digitaalilevy
- DVD-levy
- elokuvalevy
- emolevy
- EP-levy
- gramofonilevy
- haittalevy
- induktiolevy
- jarrulevy
- jatkolevy
- jäähdytyslevy
- kaavinlevy
- kaksilevyinen
- kansilevy
- kasettilevy
- kasvulevy
- keittolevy
- kiintolevy
- kimpilevy
- kipsilevy
- koekytkentälevy
- konserttilevy
- koristelevy
- korkkilevy
- kosketuslevy
- kovalevy
- kuitulevy
- kultalevy
- kuorilevy
- kuvalevy
- kynsilevy
- kytkinlevy
- laminaattilevy
- lasagnelevy
- laserlevy
- lasikuitulevy
- lasilevy
- lastulevy
- levyalbumi
- levyasema
- levyautomaatti
- levyepiteeli
- levyeriste
- levyhaarniska
- levyjarru
- levyjuontaja
- levykansio
- levykauppa
- levykokoelma
- levykondensaattori
- levykuva
- levylautanen
- levymerkki
- levymuisti
- levymusiikki
- levynkansi
- levynvaihdin
- levypaino
- levypakka
- levypallo
- levypanssari
- levypyörä
- levysakset
- levyseppä
- levysoitin
- levytanko
- levytanssit
- levytila
- levytulkki
- levytulostus
- levytuottaja
- levytyö
- levytyöntekijä
- levyuutuus
- levy-yhtiö
- liimalevy
- LP-levy
- lyijylevy
- lämpölevy
- magneettilevy
- messinkilevy
- metallilevy
- monikerroslevy
- monolevy
- muottilevy
- muovilevy
- naulauslevy
- nivellevy
- näyttölevy
- ohkolevy
- ohutlevy
- ovilevy
- painolevy
- patolevy
- peitelevy
- peltilevy
- perusmuurilevy
- piirilevy
- pikalevy
- piraattilevy
- pitkäsoittolevy
- platinalevy
- pohjalevy
- poplevy
- puolijohdelevy
- puukuitulevy
- puulevy
- pöytälevy
- rakennuslevy
- reikälevy
- rimalevy
- rustolevy
- salamalevy
- sarveislevy
- sarvilevy
- seinälevy
- singlelevy
- sokkelilevy
- soololevy
- suklaalevy
- suojalevy
- suuntimalevy
- suuntimislevy
- sähkölevy
- sälelevy
- taustalevy
- teemalevy
- termostaattilevy
- teräslevy
- tietolevy
- toivelevy
- tribuuttilevy
- tunnuslevy
- tuntolevy
- turvelevy
- tuulensulkulevy
- tuulensuojalevy
- tytärlevy
- täytelevy
- umpilevy
- valintalevy
- vanerilevy
- vastalevy
- vastinlevy
- verkkolevy
- vetolevy
- videolevy
- vinyylilevy
- vuorauslevy
- välilevy
- yksilevyinen
- yksilevykytkin
- ympyrälevy
- äänilevy
References
edit- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “levy”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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