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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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The dividend of $0.96 is payable on September 10, 2025, to shareholders of record on August 26, 2025.
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Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Sage shareholders would receive $8.50 a share in cash and a non-tradable contingent value right payable upon certain specific milestones worth up to $3.50 per share.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 16 June 2025
After more than two years of stonewalling, the city of Orlando has agreed to a $300,000 legal settlement — the maximum payable under Florida law — in the case of a young mother who perished in a 2023 car crash linked to an improper high-speed police chase.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
If the price had been determined by the bank hired by Comcast to assess the value the Hulu stake, that would have resulted in an additional $5 billion payable by Disney.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 June 2025
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Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Sage shareholders would receive $8.50 a share in cash and a non-tradable contingent value right payable upon certain specific milestones worth up to $3.50 per share.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 16 June 2025
After more than two years of stonewalling, the city of Orlando has agreed to a $300,000 legal settlement — the maximum payable under Florida law — in the case of a young mother who perished in a 2023 car crash linked to an improper high-speed police chase.
—Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
If the price had been determined by the bank hired by Comcast to assess the value the Hulu stake, that would have resulted in an additional $5 billion payable by Disney.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for payable
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“Payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payable. Accessed 13 Jul. 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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