payable
Noun · AdjectiveUS[pey-uh-buhl]/ˈpeɪəbəl/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- subject to or requiring payment especially as specified“a collectible bill”“a note payable on demand”“a check payable to John Doe”Synonyms: collectiblecollectableOpposite undueSimilar due
Noun (1)payables
- a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit“the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency”Synonyms: account payableType of indebtedness, liability
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Translations
Noun Debts owed by a business
- Spanish
- cuentas por pagar
- French
- dettes fournisseurs
- German
- Verbindlichkeiten
- Italian
- debiti
- Russian
- кредито́рская задо́лженность kreditórskaja zadólžennostʹ
- Japanese
- 買掛金 kaikakekin
- Indonesian
- utang usaha
- Hungarian
- kötelezettség
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pay′a·ble adjective
Origin: Cf. F. payable. Cf. Pacable.
1. That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due. Michael Drayton
Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest.— Robert South
2. Law (a) That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value. (b) Matured; now due.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54