payable

noun

a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit

adjective

subject to or requiring payment especially as specified

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The word payable breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root pay-, from Latin pacare (“appease, pay”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.