levée

/lə.ve/lever
1.
nounfeminineSing

collection, pickup (mail, trash, etc.)

La prochaine levée du courrier est à seize heures.

The next mail collection is at 4 PM.

2.
nounfeminineSing

lifting, removal (of restrictions, bans, seizures, etc.)

On attend la levée des restrictions sanitaires.

We are waiting for the lifting of health restrictions.

3.
nounfeminineSing

fundraising, raising of funds

La start-up a annoncé une levée de fonds de cinq millions d'euros.

The startup announced a five-million-euro fundraising round.

4.
nounfeminineSing

embankment, levee (earth or stone barrier along a river)

Les levées le long du fleuve ont été renforcées avant la crue.

The levees along the river were reinforced before the flood.