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Picture a bill on the table with a date printed at the bottom. The money is not a suggestion — it is owed, and the paper says when. Payable is the word for that state: the amount is sitting there waiting to be paid. On a , the same word turns and points at a person: this is the one the money is owed to.
可以想成：桌上一張帳單，底下印著一個日期。那筆錢不是可付可不付，而是欠著的，紙上還寫明什麼時候要付。payable …更多收起
可以想成：桌上一張帳單，底下印著一個日期。那筆錢不是可付可不付，而是欠著的，紙上還寫明什麼時候要付。payable 講的就是這個狀態——錢在那裡等著被付掉。而寫在支票上時，同一個字轉個方向指向人：錢該進誰的口袋。這個字幾乎只出現在帳單、合約、支票這類正式文件上。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
payableadj/ˈpeɪəbl̩/
- 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.
payablenoun/ˈpeɪəbl̩/
- 1
Debts owed by a business; liabilities.
- 2
A thing that may be paid.
- […] money paid under it is to be returned, and money payable shall cease to be so.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。