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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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At that time, 79% of scheduled benefits will be payable.
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
The decrease was mainly due to expenses paid on behalf of a related party and taxes payable.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 17 Jan. 2025
The first quarterly dividend will be payable on March 19 to shareholders of record on March 5.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Because those trust funds are running low, just 83% of both retirement and disability benefits may be payable starting in 2035, Social Security’s trustees projected last year.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2025
The decrease was mainly due to expenses paid on behalf of a related party and taxes payable.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 17 Jan. 2025
The first quarterly dividend will be payable on March 19 to shareholders of record on March 5.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
Because those trust funds are running low, just 83% of both retirement and disability benefits may be payable starting in 2035, Social Security’s trustees projected last year.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for payable
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“Payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/payable. Accessed 24 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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