payable
adjective [after verb] /ˈpeɪ.ə.bl̩/Definition
C1 that should be paid: Interest payments are payable monthly.Borrowing, lending and debtPaying and spending money C1 If a cheque is payable to a person or an organization, the money will be paid to them because their name is written on it: Please make your cheque payable to WWF.Paying and spending money
(Definition of payable adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amortize verb
- arrears noun
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow verb (RECEIVE)
- bounce verb (NOT PAY)
- building society noun
- call it quits idiom
- credit risk noun
- gearing noun
- get behind phrasal verb
- hock noun (MONEY)
- IOU noun
- liability noun (RESPONSIBILITY)
- national debt noun
- overdraft noun
- pay sth off phrasal verb
- receiver noun (PERSON)
- square the accounts/books idiom
- term noun (RULES)
- tick noun (PAYING LATER)
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