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21levy — [lev′ē] n. pl. levies [ME levee < MFr, fem. pp. of lever, to raise: see LEVER] 1. an imposing and collecting of a tax or other payment 2. an amount levied; tax, etc. 3. a) the enlistment, usually compulsory, of personnel, as for military… …
22Levy — Lev y ( [y^]), n.; pl. {Levies} ( [i^]z). [A contr. of elevenpence or elevenpenny bit.] A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 121/2 cents), valued at eleven pence when the… …
23Levy Li — Su Lin (born October 20, 1987, Terengganu) is the current 2008 title holder of Miss Malaysia Universe. Li is a student of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysia, and is of mixed Chinese and Thai descent. [… …
24Levy — Levy, Grafschaft im Staate Florida (Nordamerika), am Mexicanischen Meerbusen; 45 QM.; Flüsse: Suwanee u. Withlacoochee Rivers, Nadelholzwaldungen u. Savannen; Producte: Mais, Zucker, Bataten; 1850: 465 Ew., mit 145 Sklaven …
25Lévy — Lévy, Michel, Buchhändler, geb. 1821 in Pfalzburg, gest. 4. Mai 1875, gründete 1836 in Paris eine Verlagsbuchhandlung, die an seinen Bruder Calmann L. (geb. 1819, gest. 18. Juni 1891), dann an dessen Söhne überging, die den Namen Calmann L.… …
26Lévy — [le vɪ], Bernard Henry, französischer Philosoph und Schriftsteller, * Oran 5. 11. 1949; einer der Hauptvertreter der Neuen Philosophie in Frankreich; wendet sich, vom Marxismus kommend, gegen jegliche Ideologien als Formen der Manipulation und… …
27LEVY — LEVY, wealthy family of Portuguese refugees in morocco . MEYER (d. 1520) established an important spinning mill in Safi; the carpets woven there were famous. In about 1510 the king of Portugal appointed Meyer royal treasurer. In 1520 the sharif… …
28Lévy — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Pour les articles homophones, voir Lévi (homonymie) et Lévis (homonymie). Lévy ou Levy est, dans le peuple juif, un des noms portés par les… …
29levy — ▪ I. levy lev‧y 1 [ˈlevi] verb levied PTandPP levy a tax/charge/fine etc to officially make someone pay a tax etc: • The penalty is among the largest fines ever levied for environmental crimes. levy a tax/charge/fine etc levy something on… …
30levy — I To assess; raise; execute; exact; tax; collect; gather; take up; seize. Thus, to levy (assess, exact, raise, or collect) a tax; to levy (raise or set up) a nuisance; to levy (acknowledge) a fine; to levy (inaugurate) war; to levy an execution,… …
