leviable

[ lev-ee-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. that may be levied.
2. liable or subject to a levy.

leviable

/ ˈlɛvɪəbəl /

adjective

1. (of taxes, tariffs, etc) liable to be levied
2. (of goods, etc) liable to bear a levy; taxable

Other Words From

• un·levi·a·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of leviable¹

1475–85; See levy, -able

Example Sentences

I have consulted the Act of Parliament, and find it is leviable against those who enter after 1st January 1831.

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Mr. Savage was, as his office required him to be, vigilant in respect of the dues leviable at the Port of York.

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But on the production of that corn on a foreign soil, no such charges are leviable as exist here.

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A large proportion of the taxation leviable is, however, evaded.

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Land tolls or duties are a twentieth, and are leviable by the king alone.

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