exigible

American  

[ek-si-juh-buhl] / ˈɛk sɪ dʒə bəl /

adjective

1. liable to be exacted; requirable.

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exigible British  

/ ˈɛksɪdʒəbəl /

adjective

1. liable to be exacted or required

   part of the debt is exigible this month

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Other Word Forms

• unexigible adjective

Etymology

Origin of exigible

From French, dating back to 1600–10; see origin at exigent, -ible

Example Sentences

There is not, I trust, a subject in the empire who knows better the ten thousand punctilios exigible from those of different ranks, and clue to different authorities.

From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir

For as long before they had held Achnagart on the tenure of a bunch of heather exigible annually and their fighting services as good clansmen.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald

Such other portions of principal as, though not exigible, we are still free to pay when we please.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson