payable
[pey-uh-buh l]
- to be paid; due: a loan payable in 30 days.
- capable of being or liable to be paid.
- profitable.
- Law. imposing an immediate obligation on the debtor.
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- an amount, bill, etc., that is to be paid.
- payables, the accounts payable of a business: Payables are now handled by our computer.
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Origin of payable
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Related Words for payable
owed, unpaid, outstanding, due, mature, maturing, obligatory, overdue, owing, unsettled, receivableExamples from the Web for payable
Historical Examples of payable
Endorse this cheque 'Jane Meredith' and make it payable to me personally.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
This dividend was payable in capital stock and was equal to 30 per cent.
The Railroad QuestionWilliam Larrabee
Them checks was payable to "Bearer," you remember, so I give 'em to him.
The Depot MasterJoseph C. Lincoln
This work is sold to subscribers only, payable on delivery of each volume.
The Electoral Votes of 1876David Dudley Field
He knew that in that case he would not wish to pay the debt in the only way in which it would be payable.
Is He Popenjoy?Anthony Trollope
payable
- (often foll by on) to be paidpayable on the third of each month
- that is capable of being paid
- capable of being profitable
- (of a debt) imposing an obligation on the debtor to pay, esp at once
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