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See also: Levy, Lévy, levý, and левы

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. (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.
  2. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority.
  3. To draft someone into military service.
  4. 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.
  5. To wage war.
  6. To raise, as a siege.
  7. (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
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Noun

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levy (plural levies)

  1. The act of levying.
    • 1835-1847, Connop Thirlwall, The History of Greece
      A levy of all the men left under sixty.
  2. The tax, property, or people so levied.
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Etymology 2

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Contraction of elevenpence.

Noun

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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.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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lev- +‎ -y; from the same root as leveä (wide).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈleʋy/, [ˈle̞ʋy]
  • Rhymes: -eʋy
  • Hyphenation(key): le‧vy

Noun

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levy

  1. plate (thin, flat object of uniform thickness)
  2. board (flat construction material supplied in sheets, such as chipboard, or a sheet of such material)
  3. slab (thick, flat piece of material)
  4. (computing, electronics) disk (device for storing data)
  5. (music) recording, disc (piece of music stored on a disc, or a disc on which music is saved)
  6. Ellipsis of keittolevy (hotplate).

Declension

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Inflection of levy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of levy (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative levyni levyni
accusative nom. levyni levyni
gen. levyni
genitive levyni levyjeni
partitive levyäni levyjäni
inessive levyssäni levyissäni
elative levystäni levyistäni
illative levyyni levyihini
adessive levylläni levyilläni
ablative levyltäni levyiltäni
allative levylleni levyilleni
essive levynäni levyinäni
translative levykseni levyikseni
abessive levyttäni levyittäni
instructive
comitative levyineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative levysi levysi
accusative nom. levysi levysi
gen. levysi
genitive levysi levyjesi
partitive levyäsi levyjäsi
inessive levyssäsi levyissäsi
elative levystäsi levyistäsi
illative levyysi levyihisi
adessive levylläsi levyilläsi
ablative levyltäsi levyiltäsi
allative levyllesi levyillesi
essive levynäsi levyinäsi
translative levyksesi levyiksesi
abessive levyttäsi levyittäsi
instructive
comitative levyinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative levymme levymme
accusative nom. levymme levymme
gen. levymme
genitive levymme levyjemme
partitive levyämme levyjämme
inessive levyssämme levyissämme
elative levystämme levyistämme
illative levyymme levyihimme
adessive levyllämme levyillämme
ablative levyltämme levyiltämme
allative levyllemme levyillemme
essive levynämme levyinämme
translative levyksemme levyiksemme
abessive levyttämme levyittämme
instructive
comitative levyinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative levynne levynne
accusative nom. levynne levynne
gen. levynne
genitive levynne levyjenne
partitive levyänne levyjänne
inessive levyssänne levyissänne
elative levystänne levyistänne
illative levyynne levyihinne
adessive levyllänne levyillänne
ablative levyltänne levyiltänne
allative levyllenne levyillenne
essive levynänne levyinänne
translative levyksenne levyiksenne
abessive levyttänne levyittänne
instructive
comitative levyinenne

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References

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  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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