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ON THE LEVEL

Specialty Definition: ON THE LEVEL

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Language

Made in good faith without fraud or deceit. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ON THE LEVEL

English words defined with "ON THE LEVEL": food pyramid. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ON THE LEVEL": Engineer's LevelGlasgow Outcome Scaleindicatorsskating movementWIGI. (references)
Etymologies containing "ON THE LEVEL": Epipedometry. (references)

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Modern Usage: ON THE LEVEL

DomainUsage

Screenplays

No, on the level, honest. (The Hollywood Revue of 1929; writing credit: Al Boasberg; Robert E. Hopkins)

On the level! It actually happened. (It Happened One Night; writing credit: Samuel Hopkins Adams; Robert Riskin)

Come on, Bart, let's finish it the way we started it: on the level. (Deadly Is the Female; writing credit: Sydney Boehm; William P. McGivern)

Movie/TV Titles

On the Level (1930)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ON THE LEVEL

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Books

  • On the Level San Francisco - Yerba Buena Gardens Walking Tour (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: ON THE LEVEL

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

You have, in fact, assumed that they took the same time on the level that they took in ascending the hill.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ON THE LEVEL

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Health

Whether or not you get glaucoma depends on the level of pressure that your optic nerve can tolerate without being damaged. (references)

In contrast, nicotine can also exert a sedative effect, depending on the level of the smoker's nervous system arousal and the dose of nicotine taken. (references)

Another important insight is that the responsiveness of CNS cells to trophic factors is not static, but can change depending on the level of second messengers. (references)

Business

Thus, a company that is already in the market or a new entrant could obtain an advantage by improving on the level of service offered in the market. (references)

Economic History

Panama

The price structure for imported goods in Panama depends on the level of competition. (references)

New Zealand

The entrances of U.S.-based retailers and franchises like McDonalds have received glowing reviews on the level of service. (references)

Barbados

The Central Bank may limit or delay conversions depending on the level of international reserves under the Bank's control. (references)

Political Economy

OMAN

Oman does not publish figures on the level of its external debt or its fund to meet future contingencies and the State General Reserve Fund (SGRF). The 1998 budget crunch required a draw down of $704 million from the SGRF in 1998. The government continued its policy of withdrawal from the SGRF in 1999, 2000 and 2001 in spite of higher oil prices. (references)

Trade

Egypt

The terms for IDA credits are maturities of 35 or 40 years (depending on the level of development of the borrower), including a ten-year grace period and no interest. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: ON THE LEVEL

Expression using "ON THE LEVEL": be on the level. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ON THE LEVEL

Language Translations for "ON THE LEVEL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

ndershmërisht, i rregullt (above board, correct, done, even, formal, frequent, habitual, honest, just, licit, measured, neat, normal, orderly, regular, right, steady, systematic, systematical, tidy, trig, trim), i ndershëm (clean, clean-living, disinterested, fair, fair and square, fair dealing, guileless, honest, honorable, honourable, incorrupt, scrupulous, sportsmanlike, stainless, straightforward, whole-souled). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏بصراحة (barely, blankly, downright, flat, freely, honestly, outright, overtly, plain, plainly, plump, point blank, unreservedly). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

честно (above board, fair, fair and square, fairly, faithfully, honestly, in good faith, Square, squarely, uprightly), почтено (fair, squarely, uprightly). (various references)

   

Czech

  

na úrovni (classy). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

te goeder trouw (bona fide), goede trouw (bona fide), bonafide (bona fide). (various references)

   

French

  

franchement, bonne foi/de. (various references)

   

German

  

astrein (above board, free of knots). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τίμιος (honest, reputable, upright). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

בכ ות (genuinely, sincerely, squarely). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

egyenesen (above board, bolt upright, by line and level, direct, directly, erect, forthrightly, in true, outright, plump, point-blank, straight, straight/direct, straight/directly, through, upright, uprightly), becsületesen (fair and square, fairly, honestly, justly, on the square, squarely, trustworthily). (various references)

   

Manx

  

er yn rea. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onay ethay evellay

   

Romanian

  

cinstit (above board, candid, chaste, clean-fingered, correctly, fair, foursquare, gentlemanlike, guileless, honest, honestly, honest-minded, honorable, honourable, mensurable, on the up and up, open, reliable, reputable, respectable, righteous, scrupulous, simple, sincere, sincerely, sporting, sportsmanlike, Square, straightforward, true, trustful, truthful, unfeigned, upright, venerable, virtuous). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

честно (above board, aboveboard, above-board, fairly, honestly, in good faith, Square, uprightly), прямо (avowedly, bang, direct, directly, endlong, endways, endwise, erect, foursquare, head-on, in plain English, just, outright, plainly, plump, point blank, slap, spang, squarely, straight, straight from the shoulder, straight out, straightly, up and down, uprightly). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

na nivou (level: on a level, level: on the level). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

uppriktigt (sincerely), renhårig (honest, upright), just (correct, even, exact, exactly, fair, just, just now, right), ärligt (aboveboard, fair, fairly, honestly, sincerely). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ON THE LEVEL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-l-l-n-o-t-v"

-2 letters: eleventh.

-3 letters: novelle, theelol.

-4 letters: eleven, elevon, ethene.

-5 letters: event, hello, helot, helve, hotel, hovel, lento, leone, lethe, levee, level, novel, thole, volte.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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