(n.) A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.
(n.) A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Reith, “his dour handsome face scarred like that of a villain in a melodrama”, was “a strange shepherd for such a mixed, bohemian flock … he had under his aegis a bevy of ex-soldiers, ex-actors, ex-adventurers which … even a Dartmoor prison governor might have had difficulty in controlling”.
(2) When a fortysomething regional television star took a screen test at Sky Sports insiders suspected that producers instantly marked her down against the bevy of gorgeous babes competing for presenting gigs.
(3) Under Paul's leadership – not Sterling's – the Clippers predictably became a top-three team in the Western Conference, re-signing Griffin, luring Rivers, and attracting a bevy of the usual ring chasers.
(4) Quantum of Solace has been the summer's most gossiped-about musical guessing game, with a bevy of artists mooted and ultimately dismissed from contention.
(5) At worst the resultant photo opps would make a refreshing change from the unconvincing hard hat ’n’ hi-vis poses politicians usually have to strike when they announce an economy-boosting initiative (blue sky idea: a shot of George Osborne and a bevy of female orthodontists affix gap-busting braces to the teeth of the female employees of the future!).
(6) Government ministers and the courts are taking heed, announcing a bevy of measures – from fines for burning garbage to coal-fired power plant upgrades.
(7) When he did meet Guevara, holed up on a bleak mountain-top, he came with ample supplies of whisky and bevies of attractive women.
(8) And a whole bevy of Californian public infrastructure projects, all either already leased or set to be leased for 50 or 75 years or more in exchange for one-off lump sum payments of a few billion bucks at best, usually just to help patch a hole or two in a single budget year."
(9) If you do your part, you ought to be able to get ahead, and when everybody does their part, America gets ahead too.” Clinton unveiled a decidedly progressive agenda, listing a bevy of issues on which she pledged to lay out specific proposals in the coming weeks.
(10) We conclude that Bevi is a preferred integration site for the baboon type C provirus in the human genome.
(11) But now a bevy of women, in a matter of days, have taken back the tit.
(12) A bevy of other bills disguised under the notion of religious liberty but seeking to chip away at LGBT rights has spread across the nation.
(13) Because all methods attempt to predict the severity of fetal hemolysis based on the original findings of Bevis and on the amount of unconjugated bilirubin in amniotic fluid as measured by its optical density at 450 millimicron, they share two possible sources of error: calculation of exact gestational age and accurately reading bloody or contaminated amniotic fluid.
(14) Breitbart’s threatened litigation is especially ominous coming after a bevy of suits won by billionaire conservatives against news organizations, as Emily Bazelon chronicled in New York Times Magazine.
(15) Trump denies the charge he mocked a disabled reporter, and despite a bevy of antisemitic incidents involving Trump and his supporters over the past months, he has also directly sought Jewish American support.
(16) On stage, a bevy of young women jumped up and down screaming: "Long live the great leader!"
(17) It carried a specialist disco page, Steppin’ Out With Bev Hiller (well into adulthood, I laboured under the misapprehension that Bev Hiller was the same person as the academic and author Bevis Hillier, perhaps relaxing after a hard day researching the decorative arts of the 1930s by reviewing Zapp’s More Bounce to the Ounce).
(18) In allowing the release of the photos, Carter has reversed the decisions of two of his Pentagon predecessors and a bevy of senior military officers over the years.
(19) A bevy of politicians launched this singularly gloomy report.
(20) Ilha do Farol has a long, sandy beach and a bevy of ramshackle beach bars.
Levy
Definition:
(n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
(n.) The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
(n.) That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
(n.) The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
(v. t.) To raise, as a siege.
(v. t.) To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
(v. t.) To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
(v. t.) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
(v. t.) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
(v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
(v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
Example Sentences:
(1) The industry will pay a levy of £180m a year, or the equivalent of £10.50 a year on all household insurance policies.
(2) With grievous amazement, never self-pitying but sometimes bordering on a sort of numbed wonderment, Levi records the day-to-day personal and social history of the camp, noting not only the fine gradations of his own descent, but the capacity of some prisoners to cut a deal and strike a bargain, while others, destined by their age or character for the gas ovens, follow "the slope down to the bottom, like streams that run down to the sea".
(3) The levy would also confirm the dramatically changing nature of Pakistan's ties with its western partners, from a strategic alliance to a transactional relationship, with deep suspicions on both sides.
(4) Only appropriations bills and the deficit levy on high income earners are certain to pass.
(5) The chancellor has stated that such levies will also be introduced in France and Germany.
(6) The sanctions that could be levied in the aftermath of the Geneva meeting were expected to focus on Putin's close associates, including oligarchs who control much of Russia's wealth, as well as businesses and other entities they control.
(7) The Treasury was adamant last night that this would not be the impact at an industry level and produced figures that showed, for instance, in 2014-15, the corporation tax costs being £0.4bn, compared with a bank levy yield of £2.4bn.
(8) He echoed what Paul Dillinger, head of global product innovation at Levi Strauss, said earlier in the day when he challenged designers to rethink their design processes.
(9) The £180m a year scheme is to be paid for by a £10.50 levy on all home insurance, from homeowners who are not at elevated risk of flooding as well as those who are.
(10) Asked if the government security agencies would be inspecting the site, Levy said: “Yes, of course.
(11) The sugar tax was greeted with hostility by the industry and Wright argues that the levy, introduced by the chancellor in the budget , will be undermined by flawed analysis of its impact.
(12) Daniel Levy, the chairman, was, according to sources, incandescent and there is the firm belief at Tottenham that Chelsea did not truly want Willian.
(13) Levies exist in many European countries and Canada, and Ofcom highlighted them as one of four main ideas in its PSB review earlier this year.
(14) The chancellor, while prepared to listen to the banking industry, is determined to push through regulatory changes, such as the new bank levy.
(15) Miliband says he does not want union levy payers disenfranchised from the Labour party elections, but is happy to look at how the relationship could be reformed.
(16) The soft drinks industry levy was confirmed in the Queen’s speech, with the formal consultation expected to start soon.
(17) I can’t think of any reason to justify a 1.5% levy on businesses for childcare purposes.” The Australian Industry Group also called for a clarification that the levy was not going to be redirected.
(18) The penalties levied on Barclays are part of an international investigation involving a number of banks – including RBS and Lloyds Banking Group – into interest rates known as the London interbank offered rate (Libor) and the Euro interbank offered rate (Euribor).
(19) This year the total bonus pool since the 2008 crash will break through the £80bn barrier – around three and a half times the amount banks have paid in Corporation tax and the bank levy (pdf) .
(20) He added: "The levy has been designed to encourage less risky funding and complements the wider agenda to improve regulatory standards and enhance financial stability.