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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 Arkansas Supreme Court had ruled that scrips issued by the state Confederate government could be payable by the Treasury, and Ord appointed a new treasurer to ensure that this did not occur.
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Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025
Donations, by checks payable to Solana Beach Community Connections, can be sent to P.O. Box 1723, Solana Beach, CA 92075.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
The company declared and paid dividends totaling $2.9 million during the fiscal year and announced a cash dividend of $0.08 per share payable on April 16, 2025.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2025
Those 2024 projections also found the retirement trust fund on its own faces a sooner depletion date of 2033, when 79% of benefits may be payable.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025
Donations, by checks payable to Solana Beach Community Connections, can be sent to P.O. Box 1723, Solana Beach, CA 92075.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
The company declared and paid dividends totaling $2.9 million during the fiscal year and announced a cash dividend of $0.08 per share payable on April 16, 2025.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2025
Those 2024 projections also found the retirement trust fund on its own faces a sooner depletion date of 2033, when 79% of benefits may be payable.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payable. Accessed 26 Apr. 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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