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1. Subject to or requiring payment especially as specified
   "a note payable on demand"; "a check payable to John Doe"
   - collectible, collectable

1. A liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit
   "the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency"
   - account payable

Derived forms: payables

See also: due

Type of: financial obligation, indebtedness, liability

Encyclopedia: Payable