Meaning of lek | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display.
2. The currency unit of Albania, divided into 100 qindarka.
3. A river, the northern arm of the River Rhine in the Netherlands.

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Examples

“1975, Edward O. Wilson, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, figure⟳ caption, 2000, page 333, Each of the three displaying cocks occupies a small territory at the mating center of the lek.”

“Given that a combination of factors have⟳ "released" males from attending nests, why have⟳ some species organized their courtship bouts in leks, especially the tightly clumped leks that are typical of manakins and cocks-of-the-rock?”

“Nevertheless, it does appear⟳ that many of the processes of mate choice and sexual selection described for bird and mammal leks also apply⟳ to anuran choruses.”

“With the loss of control⟳ by the Government over foreign exchange⟳ surrender⟳ requirements and the almost complete⟳ depletion of foreign exchange⟳ reserves, in early 1992 the official rate was further devalued to leks 50 = $1.”

“1997, Igor Artimiev, Gary J. Fine, Country Studies: Albania, Ira W. Lieberman, Stilpon S. Nestor, Raj M. Desai, Between State and Market: Mass Privatization in Transition Economies, page 178, Enterprise shares are sold at voucher auctions in exchange⟳ for either immaterial privatization leks (through a bank transfer⟳ from the bidder's privatization lek account) or through privatization vouchers, which are submitted at the time of bidding.”

“Value Added Tax is another tax imposed on all enterprises with a yearly turnover of more than 2 million Leks. VAT was introduced in the Albanian tax system in 1995 replacing the old turnover tax.”

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