levy

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• UK, US: /ˈlɛ.vi/
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• UK, US: /ˈliː.vi/
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• rhymes with -ɛvi
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• homophone: levee
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• CMU ARPABET: L EH1 V IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: L IY1 V IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From the biblical name Levi. Unlike the biblical spelling, which descended through continuous liturgical traditions that preserved final secondary stress (causing it to shift to IPA(key): /ˈliːvaɪ/), the surname was re-introduced into English after the 1650s via French Lévy and German Levy. The pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈlɛvi/ arose from assimilation to the common noun levy, while IPA(key): /ˈliːvi/ preserves the historical long vowel of the first syllable without final stress.

From Czech Levý, from the adjective levý (“left”).

Shortening of Irish Mac Duinnshléibhe (“son of the chief on the mountain”), from mac (“son”) + donn (“noble”) + sliabh (“mountain”).

From Anglo-Norman leve, from Old French levee, from lever (“to raise”), from Latin lēvāre (“to raise, lift”).

Contraction of elevenpence.

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hef — act of levying
• Bulgarian: събиране (sǎbirane) — act of levying
• Bulgarian: облагане (oblagane) — act of levying
• Catalan: lleva — act of levying
• Crimean Tatar: alım — act of levying
• Finnish: veronkanto — act of levying
• Finnish: verotus — act of levying
• Finnish: sakotus — act of levying
• Finnish: takavarikko (of confiscation) — act of levying
• Finnish: ulosotto (of confiscation) — act of levying
• Finnish: sotaväenotto — act of levying
• Finnish: kutsunnat — act of levying
• Finnish: värväys — act of levying
• Finnish: värvääminen — act of levying
• French: impôt — act of levying
• French: prélèvement — act of levying
• French: taxe — act of levying
• German: Erhebung — act of levying
• German: Abgabenerhebung — act of levying
• German: Umlagenerhebung — act of levying
• Hindi: उगाही (ugāhī) — act of levying
• Hungarian: adószedés — act of levying
• Hungarian: adókivetés — act of levying
• Hungarian: adóbehajtás — act of levying
• Hungarian: adóztatás — act of levying
• Malay: levi — act of levying
• Māori: karawhiunga — act of levying
• Romanian: impozitare — act of levying
• Romanian: taxare — act of levying
• Russian: сбор (sbor) — act of levying
• Russian: взима́ние (vzimánije) — act of levying
• Russian: обложе́ние (obložénije) — act of levying
• Slovene: dajatev — act of levying
• Swedish: uttaxering — act of levying
• Tocharian B: eñcal — act of levying
• Turkish: icra — act of levying
• Turkish: haciz — act of levying
• Welsh: treth — act of levying
• Afrikaans: heffing — tax, property or people so levied
• Bulgarian: налог (nalog) — tax, property or people so levied
• Finnish: verotettavat — tax, property or people so levied
• Finnish: veronmaksajat — tax, property or people so levied
• Finnish: vero — tax, property or people so levied
• Finnish: verotulo — tax, property or people so levied
• German: Umlage — tax, property or people so levied
• German: Abgabe — tax, property or people so levied
• Spanish: gravamen — tax, property or people so levied
• Tocharian B: eñcil — tax, property or people so levied
• Bulgarian: налагам (nalagam) — to impose a tax
• Chinese: 抾稅 /抾税 (zh-min-nan) — to impose a tax
• Czech: uvalit — to impose a tax
• Czech: uložit (daň) — to impose a tax
• Finnish: verottaa — to impose a tax
• Finnish: määrätä vero — to impose a tax
• Finnish: kantaa — to impose a tax
• French: lever — to impose a tax
• German: erheben — to impose a tax
• Hungarian: kivet — to impose a tax
• Hungarian: kiró — to impose a tax
• Hungarian: kiszab — to impose a tax
• Italian: imporre — to impose a tax
• Japanese: 課す (kasu) — to impose a tax
• Māori: whakaeke — to impose a tax
• Polish: ściągać — to impose a tax
• Polish: pobierać — to impose a tax
• Romanian: impozita — to impose a tax
• Romanian: taxa — to impose a tax
• Russian: взима́ть (vzimátʹ) — to impose a tax
• Slovak: vyrúbiť — to impose a tax
• Slovene: obdavčevati — to impose a tax
• Turkish: vergi toplamak — to impose a tax
• Turkish: tarhetmek — to impose a tax
• Bulgarian: налагам (nalagam) — to impose a fine
• Czech: uložit (pokutu) — to impose a fine
• Finnish: sakottaa — to impose a fine
• Finnish: antaa sakko — to impose a fine
• German: erheben — to impose a fine
• Hungarian: kiszab — to impose a fine
• Hungarian: kiró — to impose a fine
• Hungarian: kivet — to impose a fine
• Japanese: 科す (kasu) — to impose a fine
• Slovak: vyrúbiť — to impose a fine
• Spanish: multar — to impose a fine
• Turkish: ceza almak — to impose a fine
• Bulgarian: конфискувам (konfiskuvam) — to confiscate property
• Czech: zabavit — to confiscate property
• Czech: obstavit — to confiscate property
• Finnish: takavarikoida — to confiscate property
• Finnish: ulosmitata — to confiscate property
• Finnish: ulosottaa — to confiscate property
• German: einziehen — to confiscate property
• German: in Beschlag nehmen — to confiscate property
• Hungarian: lefoglal — to confiscate property
• Hungarian: zár alá vesz — to confiscate property
• Hungarian: elkoboz — to confiscate property
• Japanese: 差し押さえる (sashiosaeru) — to confiscate property
• Turkish: haczetmek — to confiscate property
• Turkish: el koymak — to confiscate property
• Hungarian: behajt — to raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority
• Bulgarian: мобилизирам (mobiliziram) — to draft into military service
• Czech: odvést — to draft into military service
• Finnish: ottaa sotaväkeen — to draft into military service
• Finnish: kutsua palvelukseen — to draft into military service
• Finnish: värvätä — to draft into military service
• German: einziehen — to draft into military service
• Hungarian: behív — to draft into military service
• Hungarian: besoroz — to draft into military service
• Japanese: 徴兵する (chōhei suru) — to draft into military service
• Māori: karawhiu — to draft into military service
• Portuguese: convocar — to draft into military service
• Romanian: recruta — to draft into military service
• Slovak: povolať — to draft into military service
• Spanish: reclutar — to draft into military service
• Turkish: askere almak — to draft into military service
• Finnish: sotia — to wage war
• Finnish: käydä sotaa — to wage war
• Hungarian: hadat visel — to wage war
• Hungarian: harcol — to wage war
• Hungarian: háborúzik — to wage war
• Japanese: 開戦する (kaisen suru) — to wage war