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payable

adj
/ˈpeɪəbl̩/

Etymology

From pay + -able.

  1. derived from pācō
  2. derived from pācāre
  3. derived from paiier
  4. inherited from payen
  5. suffixed as payable — “pay + able”

Definitions

  1. Due to be paid.

    • Is value-added tax payable on planning application fees?

  2. Able to be paid.

  3. Of a mine etc.

    Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Debts owed by a business

      Debts owed by a business; liabilities.

    2. A thing that may be paid.

      • […] money paid under it is to be returned, and money payable shall cease to be so.

The neighborhood

Derived

account payable, accounts payable, bills payable, due and payable, note payable, payableness, prepayable, unpayable

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at payable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01payable02paid03charge04levied05levy06monies07mony08money09banknotes10banknote

A definitional loop anchored at payable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at payable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA