Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is Levy - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lévy; Levies; Levy (disambiguation); Levying; Lévy (disambiguation)
Levying
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Levy.
levy
['l?vi]
¦ noun (plural levies)
1. the imposition of a tax, fee, fine, or subscription.
a sum of money raised by levying.
2. an item or items of property seized to satisfy a legal judgement.
3. archaic a body of enlisted troops.
¦ verb (levies, levying, levied)
1. impose or seize as a levy.
2. archaic enlist for military service.
3. archaic begin to wage (war).
Derivatives
leviable adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. levee, feminine past participle of lever 'raise', from L. levare, from levis 'light'.
levy
(levies, levying, levied)
1.
A levy is a sum of money that you have to pay, for example as a tax to the government.
...an annual motorway levy on all drivers.
N-COUNT
2.
If a government or organization levies a tax or other sum of money, it demands it from people or organizations.
They levied religious taxes on Christian commercial transactions...
Taxes should not be levied without the authority of Parliament.
VERB: V n on n, V n
Examples of use of Levy
1. The Levy lowdown Born Michael Abraham Levy, 11 July 1'44, to Samuel and Annie Levy.
2. Related articles: Gideon Levy / Repackaging America Gideon Levy / Living forever by bombardment Gideon Levy / Will I hang the flag?
3. An open letter to Gideon Levy Gideon Levy / An open response to A.B.
4. The main bid has come from Rami Levy, owner of the Rami Levy Shivuk Hashikma grocery chain.
5. It‘s all up to the consumer at the end of the day, says Rami Levy of Rami Levy Marketing.