a. Also 6–9 levyable. [f. LEVY v. + -ABLE.]
1. Of a duty, tax, etc.: That may be levied.
1484. J. Paston, in Paston Lett., III. 313. All syche money as is not levyable of dyvers of the seyd fermors and tenauntes.
1512. Act 4 Hen. VIII., c. 19 § 8. The same some … [shall be] due & levyable immediatly uppon demaunde hade and denyed.
1540. Act 32 Hen. VIII., c. 46. The sayd yerely tenth, that was … due and leuiable to the kinges vse.
1622. Bacon, Hen. VII., Mor. & Hist. Wks. (1860), 409. To make the sums which any person had agreed to pay,… to be leviable by course of law.
1752. Carte, Hist. Eng., III. 815. An aid … due to the crown for the marriage of a king’s eldest daughter and levyable from the time she attained the age of seven years.
1861. All Year Round, 27 July, 417. The amount of rates leviable under the Sewers Act … is now unlimited.
1881. Standard, 16 June, 3/4. The import duties now leviable in France upon live stock and agricultural produce.
1899. Daily News, 16 May, 3/1. The levyable expenses of a borough.
2. a. Of a person: That may be called upon for payment of a contribution.
1897. Daily News, 15 Sept., 5/1. The number of leviable members is over 60,000.
b. U.S. Of a thing: That may be levied upon, capable of being seized in execution.
(in recent U.S. Dicts.)
