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: that may, can, or must be paid
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Examples of payable in a Sentence
She charges her patients $3,000, payable in installments.
keep the bills payable separate from the receipts
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Admission is $10 per person, payable at the entry gate.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
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—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
The agreement is valued at 4 billion euros, payable in cash at the closing, which is expected to take place in the first half of 2026.
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With a checkSend a check payable to Rancho Santa Fe Seniors, Inc to our Post Office box.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Checks can be made payable to Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee with a memo line of AES Families Support Funds.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
The agreement is valued at 4 billion euros, payable in cash at the closing, which is expected to take place in the first half of 2026.
—Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
With a checkSend a check payable to Rancho Santa Fe Seniors, Inc to our Post Office box.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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payable
adjective
pay·able
ˈpā-ə-bəl 
: that may, can, or must be paid
accounts payable
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