If an amount of money is payable, it has to be paid or it can be paid.
Purchase tax was not payable on goods for export. [+ on]
[Also + to]
2. adjective [noun ADJECTIVE]
If a cheque or postal order is made payable to you, it has your name written on it to indicate that you are the person who will receive the money.
Write, enclosing a cheque made payable to Cobuild Limited. [+ to]
More Synonyms of payable
payable in British English
(ˈpeɪəbəl)
adjective
1. (often foll by on)
to be paid
payable on the third of each month
2.
that is capable of being paid
3.
capable of being profitable
4.
(of a debt) imposing an obligation on the debtor to pay, esp at once
payable in American English
(ˈpeɪəbəl)
adjective
1.
that can be paid
2.
that is to be paid (on a specified date); due
3.
that is or can be profitable, as a mine or business venture
noun
4. [pl.]
accounts payable
Examples of 'payable' in a sentence
payable
The whole system should be replaced by a simple tax payable only by the end user.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The policy would set a minimum amount of tax payable on a pack.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The land transaction tax will be payable on the purchase or lease of a building or land over a certain price.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
No income tax will be payable if your brother's total dividends do not exceed 5,000 a year.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
For the coming year it was increasing the amount payable under its longterm incentive plan by 100 per cent of basic salary while adjusting some performance measures.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is a tax payable in addition to the'stealth tax' your report identified and it increases the unfairness.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Just make the cheques payable to me.
The Sun (2011)
It is also worth dividing investments between spouses to minimise the amount of tax payable.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An agreement on the exact amount payable has yet to be reached.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You can reclaim income tax on the donations to a trust and tax is not payable on its investment income.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Local tax may be payable locally.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This includes a small amount of tax payable on the money K2 loans me.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
No tax is payable for houses under 125,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A local tax may be payable in resort.
The Sun (2015)
If the tax assessed exceeded the credit due, a tax would be payable on the amount of the excess.
Brown, Muriel & Payne Sarah Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990)
The result is that the mortgage is paid off earlier and the interest paid on the mortgage will be significantly less than the tax payable.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In the latter case, money may be withdrawn in cash by a person or company writing out a cheque payable to themselves.
Pass, Christopher, Lowes, Bryan Collins Dictionary of Economics (1993)
This was corrected and included within the remuneration report as taxable benefits in the prior year, grossed up for the tax payable.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If the tax liability was less than the tax credit, no tax would be payable and instead a payment would be made.
Brown, Muriel & Payne Sarah Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990)
The amount shown as payable will include all amounts outstanding and not just the amount that is due for payment at the end of January.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In neither did it disclose the amounts payable - 322 million over five years.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In 1970 an attendance allowance was introduced, payable to a person in need of substantial care and attention.
Brown, Muriel & Payne Sarah Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990)
Inflation may reduce the value of money, eating up the interest earned on cash, especially if tax is payable.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Under the old law, if you swapped two properties, tax was payable only on the difference between the value of the two.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Please make cheques payable to DVD Offer.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A further 5% of the tax due is payable after 12 months.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
While many of these goods are exempt from VAT, the tax is payable on some items such as biscuits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
payable
British English: payable /ˈpeɪəbl/ ADJECTIVE
If an amount of money is payable, it has to be paid or it can be paid.
Tax was not payable on goods for export.
American English: payable
Arabic: وَاجِبٌ دَفْعُهُ
Brazilian Portuguese: pagável
Chinese: 可付的
Croatian: naplativ
Czech: splatný
Danish: betalbar
Dutch: te betalen verschuldigd
European Spanish: pagadero
Finnish: maksettava
French: payable
German: zahlbar
Greek: πληρωτέος
Italian: pagabile
Japanese: 支払うべき
Korean: 지급해야 할
Norwegian: skal betales
Polish: płatny
European Portuguese: pagável
Romanian: plătibil
Russian: подлежащий оплате
Latin American Spanish: pagadero
Swedish: betalbar
Thai: ซึ่งสามารถจ่ายได้
Turkish: ödenecek
Ukrainian: до сплати
Vietnamese: phải trả
Chinese translation of 'payable'
payable
(ˈpeɪəbl)
adj
[tax, interest]应(應)付的 (yīngfù de)
to make a cheque payable to sb开(開)一张(張)可由某人兑(兌)现(現)的支票 (kāi yī zhāng kě yóu mǒurén duìxiàn de zhīpiào)