as in unpaid
not yet paid
keep the bills payable separate from the receipts
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Recent Examples of payable
The legal filing alleges that from 2018 to 2025, the brothers enriched themselves by falsely inflating invoices for accounts receivable and payable, falsifying financial statements and hiding substantial liabilities from lenders, among other practices.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
During a records review, detectives spotted a hurricane disaster relief insurance payment that included a management fee payable to Curtis, 38, of Pompano Beach.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
With payments of settlements and legal fees, except in clear physical injury cases, most defendants do duplicate reporting, so that a check payable jointly to plaintiff and lawyer will be 100% reported to the plaintiff, and 100% reported to the lawyer.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Nonprobate assets are usually life insurance, retirement accounts, payable-on-death accounts, transfer on death accounts, joint property with rights of survivorship, annuities and assets in certain trusts.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
During a records review, detectives spotted a hurricane disaster relief insurance payment that included a management fee payable to Curtis, 38, of Pompano Beach.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
With payments of settlements and legal fees, except in clear physical injury cases, most defendants do duplicate reporting, so that a check payable jointly to plaintiff and lawyer will be 100% reported to the plaintiff, and 100% reported to the lawyer.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Nonprobate assets are usually life insurance, retirement accounts, payable-on-death accounts, transfer on death accounts, joint property with rights of survivorship, annuities and assets in certain trusts.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for payable
Adjective
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In such a scenario, the unpaid balance becomes a distribution that the borrower has to report as taxable income.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Over time, most unpaid debt gets charged off, sold to third-party debt collectors for a fraction of the value and then eventually pursued in court, which is happening with increasing frequency.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Each of the four teams that made it to the conference title games last season — the Seahawks and Rams, Patriots and Denver Broncos — had outstanding defenses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The American-Statesman's 2026 All-Central Texas Wrestling Team recognizes outstanding achievements this season.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payable. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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