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; exigent, -ible

Example Sentences

In this 22-page opinion, we read words like exigible, pellucid, struthious, and supererogatory.

From Forbes

It would be otherwise, indeed, with a paper money, consisting in promissory notes, of which the immediate payment depended, in any respect, either upon the good will of those who issued them, or upon a condition which the holder of the notes might not always have it in his power to fulfil, or of which the payment was not exigible till after a certain number of years, and which, in the meantime, bore no interest.

From Project Gutenberg

After the opening of the place for public use, no person other than a licensed hawker may sell anywhere within the borough, his own house or shop excepted, any articles in respect of which tolls are legally exigible in the market.

From Project Gutenberg

The Secretary of the Treasury has reason to believe, that the late loan at Antwerp has paid up all our arrearages to France, both of principal and interest, and consequently, that there is no part of our debt exigible at this time.

From Project Gutenberg

This has obliged the Secretary of the Treasury to require some conditions, which may remove from us that loss which we encountered, from an unfavorable exchange, to pay what was exigible, and transfer it to France as to payments not exigible.

From Project Gutenberg