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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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The dividend is payable on September 11, 2025 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 29, 2025.
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Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The $1 bag sale will begin at 1 p.m. 4S Library Friends members can receive a free bag of books from 1 to 4 p.m. Memberships are $15, payable at the event or 4SranchFOL.org.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
Home Depot declared a dividend of $2.30 per share for the first quarter of 2025, payable on June 18, 2025.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 1 June 2025
Over the past year, net interest payable was over £100million.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The $1 bag sale will begin at 1 p.m. 4S Library Friends members can receive a free bag of books from 1 to 4 p.m. Memberships are $15, payable at the event or 4SranchFOL.org.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
Home Depot declared a dividend of $2.30 per share for the first quarter of 2025, payable on June 18, 2025.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 1 June 2025
Over the past year, net interest payable was over £100million.
—Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payable. Accessed 10 Jun. 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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