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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

payable

adjective: subject to or requiring payment especially as specified; "a collectible bill"; "a note payable on demand"; "a check payable to John Doe" [syn: {collectible}, {collectable}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Payable \Pay"a*ble\, adjective [Cf. F. payable. Cf. {Pacable}.]

1. That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due. --Drayton.

Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest. --South.

2. (Law) (a) That may be discharged or settled by delivery of value. (b) Matured; now due.
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