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pay·a·ble  (p-bl)
adj.
1. Requiring payment on a certain date; due.
2. Requiring payment to a particular person or entity.
3. Capable of producing profit: a payable business venture.
n.
Money owed to a creditor. Often used in the plural: tried to balance inventory, payables, and receivables.

payable
Adjective
1. (often foll. by on)due to be paid: the instalments are payable on the third of each month
2. that is capable of being paid: pensions are payable to those disabled during the wars
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.payablepayable - a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit; "the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency"
financial obligation, indebtedness, liability - an obligation to pay money to another party
Adj.1.payable - subject to or requiring payment especially as specified; "a collectible bill"; "a note payable on demand"; "a check payable to John Doe"
due - owed and payable immediately or on demand; "payment is due"

payable
adjective due, outstanding, owed, owing, mature, to be paid, obligatory, receivable
Translations
Spanish payable [ˈpeɪəbl] adjpagadero;
to make a cheque payable to sb → extender un cheque a favor de algn

French payable [ˈpeɪəbl] pay adjpayable;
to make a cheque payable to sb → établir un chèque à l'ordre de qn

German payable [ˈpeɪəbl] pay adjzahlbar;
to make a cheque payable to sb → einen Scheck auf jdn ausstellen

Italian payable [ˈpeɪəbl] adjpagabile;
to make a cheque payable to sb → intestare un assegno a (nome di) qn

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Though it is not always the case, I believe, That the longer we've kept 'em, the more do we grieve: For, when debts are payable, right or wrong, A short-time loan is as bad as a long So why in Heaven (before we are there
They gave us checks for them and charged a fixed price, payable in advance--five cents.
--whipped out a key, went in, and presently came back with the matter of ten pounds in gold and a cheque for the balance on Coutts's, drawn payable to bearer and signed with a name that I can't mention, though it's one of the points of my story, but it was a name at least very well known and often printed.
 
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