"payable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpeɪəbl̩/ Audio: En-us-payable.ogg [US] Forms: more payable [comparative], most payable [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English pay Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English payable From pay + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|pay|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English pay Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English payable [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰlom", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ābilis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-able", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "payable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="payable"> From pay + -able. Head templates: {{en-adj}} payable (comparative more payable, superlative most payable)
  1. Due to be paid. Synonyms: due Translations (1. Due to be paid.): pagadero (Spanish)
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  2. Able to be paid. Translations (2. Able to be paid.): pagable (Spanish), pagadero (Spanish)
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  3. Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable. Translations (3. Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.): рентабилен (rentabilen) (Bulgarian), pagenda (Esperanto), rentabel (German), pagador (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-payable-en-adj-RpNHfF0V Disambiguation of '3. Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.': 2 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: account payable, accounts payable, bills payable, due and payable, note payable, payableness, prepayable, unpayable

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpeɪəbl̩/ Audio: En-us-payable.ogg [US] Forms: payables [plural]
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  1. (in the plural) Debts owed by a business; liabilities. Tags: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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  2. (sometimes postpositive) A thing that may be paid. Tags: countable, postpositional, sometimes, uncountable
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Related terms: payability, payably

Adjective [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-payable.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: payables [plural]
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  1. payable
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