payable

adj, noun — 5 senses

payable

adj

/ˈpeɪəbl̩/

Etymology From pay + -able.

1

Due to be paid.

Is value-added tax payable on planning application fees?

2

Able to be paid.

3

Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.

Derived terms: account payable, accounts payable, bills payable, due and payable, note payable, payableness, prepayable, unpayable

payable

noun

Etymology From pay + -able.

1

In plural Debts owed by a business; liabilities.

2

Postpositional, Sometimes A thing that may be paid.

[…] money paid under it is to be returned, and money payable shall cease to be so.2003, Richard Stone, Contract Law Q and A 2003-2004:

Related terms: payability, payably

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