🤝 Able to resolve 💵 Able to pay 🧪 Can sink 🌍 Can live there

settleable

5.6

Can be paid or cleared

adjective
/ˈsɛtələbəl/

: pagable

The company reviewed which outstanding debts were settleable before closing the accounts.

Examples

If the claim is settleable, the insurance will process the payment within a week.
Only invoices marked as settleable can be paid automatically through the system.
The debt is settleable within a month.
Is this bill settleable by next week?
Only invoices marked as settleable can be paid automatically through the system.
If the claim is settleable, the insurance will process the payment within a week.
The company reviewed which outstanding debts were settleable before closing the accounts.

Synonyms

payable

vssettleable

Formal

18 4.1

Money that is owed and must be paid by a set date

is less strict and covers amounts that can be paid cleared or otherwise resolved

repayable

vssettleable

1 3.9

Money you must pay back to the person or bank who lent it

is broader allows payment clearance or other resolution of the debt

Antonyms

unpayable

1 5.5

Too large for a person or company to afford

How Payable

payable

Formal

18 4.1

settleable

5.6

unpayable

1 5.5

Surface Forms

settleable positive

Morphology

settleable = settle (transparent) = settle + able

Clear derivation from 'settle' in the sense 'to pay or clear (an account)', using the productive suffix '-able'.

Etymology

Settleable comes from settle ('to put right' or 'finish an account') and the ending -able ('able to be'). So a bill or debt that is settleable is one you can pay or clear.