payable
IPA: pˈeɪʌbʌɫ
noun
- (in the plural) Debts owed by a business; liabilities.
- (sometimes postpositive) A thing that may be paid.
adjective
- Due to be paid.
- Able to be paid.
- Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.
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Examples of "payable" in Sentences
- The tax is payable every quarter.
- The effect of this is that it is payable only to the bearer.
- The subscription becomes payable from the following 1 January.
- Checks and debits do not have to be made payable to the provider.
- In accounts payable, a simple mistake can cause a large overpayment.
- The balance due at the end of period was to be payable in a lump sum.
- The bounties will be payable as donations to the Wikimedia Foundation.
- The British Stamp Act was the taxing of paper products by payable stamps.
- Tuition for fixed term courses is payable at the start of the course term.
- This commission is payable by the seller on formation of a contract of sale.
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