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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 company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $1.48 per share, payable on May 15, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 10, 2025.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 20 Mar. 2025
The distribution is payable on April 15, 2025, to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2025.
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Monetary donations in cash or checks made payable to Together We Cope also are welcome.
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At that time, 79% of scheduled benefits will be payable.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 20 Mar. 2025
The distribution is payable on April 15, 2025, to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2025.
—Dividend Channel, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Monetary donations in cash or checks made payable to Together We Cope also are welcome.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
At that time, 79% of scheduled benefits will be payable.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payable. Accessed 31 Mar. 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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