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

Leviable, lev′i-a-bl, adj. able to be levied or assessed.

From Project Gutenberg

Under an Act passed by the Irish Legislature in 1798, an Act which still remained in force, an account was kept of all tolls leviable at the turnpike gates through which the mail passed, and this account was paid quarterly by the Post Office authorities in Dublin.

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

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Exempt from duty were now only refuse, raw products, scientific instruments, ships and literary and artistic objects; forty-four articles—notably beer, vinegar, sugar, herrings, cocoa, salt, fish oils, ether, alum and soda—were unaffected by the change, while duties were henceforth levied upon a large number of articles which had previously been admitted duty free, such as pig iron, machines and locomotives, grain, building timber, tallow, horses, cattle and sheep; and, again, the tariff law further increased the duties leviable upon numerous other articles.

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There were but four francs, six sous, leviable among the whole community; but Gratte-les-rues, with instinctive acuteness, had discovered the watch and chain of the unfortunate Minister of Marine, and these were instantly seized and confiscated as public property.

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