Levied?

[Rossi]

What does it mean.  I'm just doing some coursework( ), and its in the text.  I think it might mean decrease but I'm not too sure.  Any ideas?

heavy financial penalties were levied for accidents

Also it might have something to do with Madonna because she drove a shevi to the levi but the levi was dry :?

[mattboyslim]

http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/LEVY

[Simon Pieman]

It means to impose

[Rossi]

Cheers

[Simon Pieman]

Also it might have something to do with Madonna because she drove a shevi to the levi but the levi was dry :?

That's a levee. Don Mclean originally did that song. A levee is an embankment next to a river to prevent flooding.

[Rossi]

Why would you want to drive to a levee anyway?

[mattboyslim]

Why not?  maybe (queue potentially long and controversial debate) it's because it's a terrible song?

[Ben Wah Balls]

Storm chasers. They drive around everywhere to try and find flooded rivers. That's why she was so disappointed that the levee was dry.

[Simon Pieman]

Why would you want to drive to a levee anyway?

It's probably because it rhymes with a make of an American car  :roll:

It's also something to do with Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens who died in a plane crash. I've heard that it's a reference to a three murdered people who were buried in a levee, although there are so many interpretations it could be tripe.

[janaage]

I drove me Skoda 'cross the road-a, but my sko-da it died....

[land_of_bo]

The levees weren't dry in new orleans.... :|