repayable

adj, noun — 3 senses

repayable

adj

Etymology From repay + -able.

1

Able to be repaid.

  • . I owe her a debt not repayable for how she has reared William.2003, Bryan F. Le Beau, The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O'Hair, →ISBN, page 30:
  • The debt for being alive, the debt for being loved is only repayable by mercy.2017, Francis, Pope, Merola, Guiseppe, With the Smell of the Sheep, →ISBN:
2

Business Of a debt to be repaid; owing.

Derived terms
non-repayable, nonrepayable, unrepayable

repayable

noun

Etymology From repay + -able.

1

An amount, a loan, etc. to be repaid.

  • Proponents long have urged that these repayables be taken out of the picture of government's running expenses.1949, Engineering News-record (volume 143, part 2, page 17)

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