PAYABLE Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

payable

adjective

ˈpā-ə-bəl

Definition of payable

as in unpaid

not yet paid keep the bills payable separate from the receipts

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Recent Examples of payable By the Successor Trustee’s own calculation, at least $558,000 became due and payable to him that day. — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 It was expanded to apply to all player movements where compensation is payable, rather than just category one players’ movements. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 International patients can identify every cost that remains payable if medical findings change the original plan. — Malana Vantyler, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Personality stakeholders will receive another $2 million on the first anniversary of closing, payable in up to 1 million WildBrain shares with any balance in cash. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for payable

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Traditional credit monitoring generally will not detect the misuse itself, although unpaid debts could eventually create other financial complications.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The idea is to let an assistant check connected accounts for tasks such as unpaid invoices and draft reminders without waiting for a prompt, so users spend less time figuring out what to ask for.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of unpaid

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Highfill maintains a covenant requiring utility rates to generate net revenues equal to at least 110% of maximum annual debt service on outstanding system bonds.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The debt reflects the principal amount outstanding under convertible notes Anthropic issued to Amazon starting in 2023, according to the lab's prospectus.

— Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

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