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payable

English

Etymology

pay +? -able

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pe??bl?/
  • Hyphenation: pay?able

Adjective

payable (comparative more payable, superlative most payable)

  1. Due to be paid.
    Is value-added tax payable on planning application fees?
  2. Able to be paid.
  3. Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.

Translations

Noun

payable (countable and uncountable, plural payables)

  1. (in the plural) Debts owed by a business; liabilities.
  2. (sometimes postpositive) A thing that may be paid.

Related terms

  • payability
  • payably

payable From the web:

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playable

English

Etymology

play +? -able

Adjective

playable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be played.
    Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.
  2. (games) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
    Is MAGICS a playable word in Scrabble?
  3. (games) Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
    • 1989, Matt Bielby, Blasteroids (game review in Your Sinclair issue 40, April 1989)
      Some of the most playable games tend to be those that've been around the longest: the Breakout/Arkanoid/Batty imitators for instance, or, as here, the Asteroids clones.

Related terms

  • playability

Translations

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