lev
1 of 3noun
ˈlef 
plural leva ˈle-və also levs
also levs the basic monetary unit of Bulgaria see Money Table
Lev
2 of 3abbreviation
variants or Levit
Leviticus
lev-
3 of 3combining form
variants or levo-
1
: levorotatory
levulose
2
: to the left
levorotatory
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Larry Light, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2019 With that, the lev became a clone of the deutsche mark. Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018 The lev had collapsed, and the monthly inflation rate had soared to 242%. Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018 Inflation was crushed immediately, lev interest rates plunged, a hard budget constraint was put on Bulgaria’s fisc, and the economy boomed. Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018 Its national currency, the lev, is already pegged to the euro, public debt is well below the euro-area average and the EU cap, and the nation runs a budget surplus. Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2018 The Boring Company last year showcased the possibility of moving cars underground on mag-lev sleds, though that concept wasn’t quite a version of the Hyperloop proper. David Z. Morris, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2018 In rapidly ageing Bulgaria, already Europe’s fifth-greyest country, nearly 60% of pensioners are below the government’s poverty line of 321 lev ($196) a month. The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018 Its currency, the lev, is pegged to the euro under a currency board system imposed 20 years ago in the wake of a banking crisis. Elizabeth Konstantinova, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2017 See More
Noun
Some two-thirds of lev loans have been collected into these syndication vehicles. Larry Light, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2019 With that, the lev became a clone of the deutsche mark. Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018 The lev had collapsed, and the monthly inflation rate had soared to 242%. Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018 Inflation was crushed immediately, lev interest rates plunged, a hard budget constraint was put on Bulgaria’s fisc, and the economy boomed. Steve H. Hanke, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018 Its national currency, the lev, is already pegged to the euro, public debt is well below the euro-area average and the EU cap, and the nation runs a budget surplus. Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2018 The Boring Company last year showcased the possibility of moving cars underground on mag-lev sleds, though that concept wasn’t quite a version of the Hyperloop proper. David Z. Morris, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2018 In rapidly ageing Bulgaria, already Europe’s fifth-greyest country, nearly 60% of pensioners are below the government’s poverty line of 321 lev ($196) a month. The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018 Its currency, the lev, is pegged to the euro under a currency board system imposed 20 years ago in the wake of a banking crisis. Elizabeth Konstantinova, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Bulgarian, literally, lion
Combining form
French lévo-, from Latin laevus left; akin to Greek laios left
First Known Use
Noun
circa 1900, in the meaning defined above
- sharp-shinned hawk
- sharp-shot
- sharp-sighted
- sharp-sightedness
- sharp-tailed
- sharp-tailed duck
- sharp-tailed finch
- sharp-tailed grouse
- sharp-tailed sandpiper
- sharp-tailed sparrow
- sharp-tongued
- sharp-toothed
- sharp-witted
- Sharpe
- sharped
- sharpen
- sharpen up
- sharpened
- sharpened up
- sharpener
- sharpeners
- sharpening
- sharpening stone
- sharpening up
- sharpens