repayable

English

Etymology

From repay +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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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

• nonrepayable

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.