Hypertext Webster Gateway: "payable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Payable \Pay"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. payable. Cf. {Pacable}.]
1. That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid;
justly due. --Drayton.

Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest.
--South.

2. (Law)
(a) That may be discharged or settled by delivery of
value.
(b) Matured; now due.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

payable
adj : subject to or requiring payment especially as specified; "a
collectible bill"; "a note payable on demand"; "a check
payable to John Doe" [syn: {collectible}, {collectable}]

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