payable

(pā'ə-bəl)
adj.

1. Requiring payment on a certain date; due.
2. Requiring payment to a particular person or entity.
3. Capable of producing profit: a payable business venture.

n.
Money owed to a creditor. Often used in the plural: tried to balance inventory, payables, and receivables.

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Amount owed to another party. It is presented as a liability in the balance sheet. A payable is an item that is unpaid, whether or not due. If a payable is due in one year or less (e.g., accounts payable), it is a current liability. If it is to be paid in more than one year, it is shown as a long-term liability. One type of payable is accrued expenses payable (e.g., salaries payable). The failure to satisfy a payable on the due date may result in a penalty (interest) charge, creditor action against the firm (e.g., lawsuit), or in an extreme case, bankruptcy.

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adjective

Owed as a debt: due, outstanding, owed, owing, receivable, unpaid, unsettled. See pay/owe.

adj

Definition: to be paid
Antonyms: paid, settled

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Justly due; legally enforceable.

A sum of money is said to be payable when a person is under an obligation to pay it. The term may therefore signify an obligation to pay at a future time, but when used without qualification, it ordinarily means that the debt is due to be paid immediately.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Subject to or requiring payment especially as specified.

This bill is marked "due and payable".

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adj

Pertaining to an obligation to pay at a future time. When used without restriction or modification, the term means that the debt is payable at once.

For a list of words related to payable, see:

• Insurance - payable: indemnity due on claim

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See words rhyming with "payable."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - betalbar, profitabel, overkommelig
n. - kreditorregnskab

idioms:

• payable to    udstedt til

Nederlands (Dutch)
rendabel, betaalbaar

Français (French)
adj. - payable, à payer, à l'ordre de, (Comm, Fin, Jur) à l'échéance, à vue, rentable
n. - comptes payable

idioms:

• payable to    payable à, à l'ordre de

Deutsch (German)
adj. - zahlbar
n. - Verbindlichkeiten

idioms:

• payable to    (Scheck) auf jmds. Namen ausgestellt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πληρωτέος
n. - οφειλή

idioms:

• payable to    πληρωτέος σε

Italiano (Italian)
pagabile, redditizio

idioms:

• payable to    pagabile a

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pagável, lucrativo
n. - sacado (m)

idioms:

• payable to    a ser pago a

Русский (Russian)
подлежащий оплате, рентабельный

idioms:

• payable to    (чек) выдан на имя

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pagadero, lucrativo
n. - cuentas a pagar

idioms:

• payable to    pagadero a

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - betalbar, förfallen, utställd (till)
n. - skulder

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
可付的, 有利益的, 应付的, 应付帐款

idioms:

• payable to    付给持票人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 可付的, 有利益的, 應付的
n. - 應付帳款

idioms:

• payable to    付給持票人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 지불할 수 있는, 유리한
n. - 사업상에 관련된 빚

idioms:

• payable to    수령인이 명시된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 支払うべき

idioms:

• accounts payable    買掛金, 支払勘定
• payable to    支払うべき

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مستحق الدفع, مربح (الاسم) واجب الأداء, ممكن دفعه وتسديده‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לתשלום, בר-פירעון‬
n. - ‮ברבים: חובות של עסק, התחייבויות‬

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