LEVANT


Meaning of LEVANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lə-ˈvant ]

intransitive verb

Etymology: perhaps from Spanish levantar to break camp, ultimately from Latin levare

Date: 1797

chiefly British : to run away from a debt

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.