repayable

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English

Etymology

repay +‎ -able

Adjective

repayable (not comparable)

  1. Able to be repaid.
    • 2003, Bryan F. Le Beau, The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O'Hair, →ISBN, page 30:
      . I owe her a debt not repayable for how she has reared William.
    • 2017, Francis, Pope, Merola, Guiseppe, With the Smell of the Sheep, →ISBN:
      The debt for being alive, the debt for being loved is only repayable by mercy.
  2. (business, of a debt) to be repaid; owing.

Derived terms

Noun

repayable (plural repayables)

  1. An amount, a loan, etc. to be repaid.
    • 1949, Engineering News-record (volume 143, part 2, page 17)
      Proponents long have urged that these repayables be taken out of the picture of government's running expenses.