"meet upon the level" ??

It's an expression of American origin that is hardly used anymore.
Today, the expression most often used is "meet on a level playing field."
It means to be in a situation where neither party has an advantage over the other.

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Thanks for the reply.

I see that it also goes with expression "part upon the square" (which I also don't understan it's meaning), and that it might be a form of maysons greeting or good-bye:

"We meet upon the level and part upon the square."

What do you think?

When you give the context, it comes up as a Masonic poem.
Meet on the level still has the same meaning as I explained earlier.

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Page 4 of this might also be useful:

http://pictoumasons.org/library/Unknown%20~%20The%20Fellowcraft%20Degree%20%5Bpdf%5D.pdf

Good find, Mr. W! My grandfather was a mason, but I don't know much about the society. He didn't talk about it - it was kind of a secret.

The saying "To meet on the level" originally comes from Freemasonry. Freemasonry is a system of morality illustrated by symbols from the building trade (Such as the square, plumb line and level) and the symbol of the level means on equal terms.
Therefore the saying to "meet on the level" means to meet on equal terms.
To deal with me on the level means to deal with me fairly.

The society itself is not a secret... It is but a society WITH secrets

To meet on the level, is to meet as equals; to part on the square is to mean that there is no malice or misunderstanding of the topics discussed, and that the next we meet we can again meet on a level or equal stature because when we parted the discussions we were "Square"; these are sayings in Free Masonry. Thus you get other derivatives such as "are you on the level?" or "Are we square?"