as in unpaid
not yet paid
keep the bills payable separate from the receipts
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Recent Examples of payable
At that time, just 79% of those benefits may be payable, unless Congress acts sooner.
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025
According to the Associated Press, there is $64 million deferred, plus a $10 million signing bonus that is payable within 30 says of MLB’s approval of the deal.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The signing bonus is $23 million — all payable next year, according to a source familiar with the contract.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Without the change, Social Security’s trustees have projected the trust fund the program relies on to pay retirement benefits will run out in 2033, when 79% of those benefits will be payable.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025
According to the Associated Press, there is $64 million deferred, plus a $10 million signing bonus that is payable within 30 says of MLB’s approval of the deal.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The signing bonus is $23 million — all payable next year, according to a source familiar with the contract.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Without the change, Social Security’s trustees have projected the trust fund the program relies on to pay retirement benefits will run out in 2033, when 79% of those benefits will be payable.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Payable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/payable. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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