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payable

noun

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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪəbl̩/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English pay Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English payable 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.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English pay Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English payable From pay + -able.

  1. Debts owed by a business; liabilities.
  2. A thing that may be paid.

    […] money paid under it is to be returned, and money payable shall cease to be so.

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