Pay"a*ble (?), a. [Cf.
F. payable. Cf. Pacable.]
1. That may, can,
or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due.
Drayton.
Thanks are a tribute payable by the poorest.
South. 2. (Law) (a) That may be
discharged or settled by delivery of value. (b)
Matured; now due.
Hear it pronounced