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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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In 2024, the trustees projected the trust fund used to help pay retirement benefits may be depleted in 2033, when 79% of benefits will be payable.
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
From this Trump has demanded $20 billion, payable to him personally.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
The new dividend is payable for the first time on July 25, 2025, to common stockholders of record at the close of business on July 3, 2025.
—Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The checks were payable to Quintana’s spouse and totaled $67,500.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
From this Trump has demanded $20 billion, payable to him personally.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
The new dividend is payable for the first time on July 25, 2025, to common stockholders of record at the close of business on July 3, 2025.
—Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The checks were payable to Quintana’s spouse and totaled $67,500.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payable. Accessed 9 May. 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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