English Online Dictionary. What means payable? What does payable mean?
English
Etymology
From pay + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɪəbl̩/
- Hyphenation: pay‧able
Adjective
payable (comparative more payable, superlative most payable)
- Due to be paid.
- Able to be paid.
- Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
payable (countable and uncountable, plural payables)
- (in the plural) Debts owed by a business; liabilities.
- Antonym: receivable
- (sometimes postpositive) A thing that may be paid.
Related terms
- payability
- payably
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
payable (plural payables)
- payable
Further reading
- “payable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.