Meanings
comparative more payable · superlative most payable
- Able to be paid.
- Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.
plural payables
- countablepostpositionalsometimesuncountableA thing that may be paid.
[…] money paid under it is to be returned, and money payable shall cease to be so.
2003, Richard Stone, Contract Law Q and A 2003-2004
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDue to be paid.
nounDebts owed by a business; liabilities.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesubject to or requiring payment especially as specified
nouna liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂ḱs
- Proto-Italic*pāks
- Latinpāx
- Latinpācō
- Old Frenchpaiier
- Middle Englishpayen
- Englishpay
- Englishpayable
Translations
Bulgarian рентабилен
- рентабилен (rentabilen)3. Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.
Esperanto pagenda
- pagenda3. Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.
German rentabel
- rentabel3. Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.
Spanish pagadero, pagable
- pagadero1. Due to be paid.
- pagable2. Able to be paid.
- pagadero2. Able to be paid.
- pagador3. Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.
Cite this entry
payable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/payable
“payable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/payable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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