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payability|peɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. payable + -ity.]
a. Ability or willingness to pay or to be profitable.
b. Capability of being profitably worked, as a mine: see next, 3.
1826Blackw. Mag. XIX. 351 Let me say one word for..his payability. He [Sheridan] is..written down as little better than a very pleasant swindler, whose purpose was to pay no man a shilling, whom he could put off with a joke. 1894N.B. Daily Mail 21 Aug. 5 The payability of the Denny-Dalton field has been proved. 1933Flight 30 Mar. 296/1 We have on occasion discussed with Mr. C. C. Walker the subject of ‘payability’ of aircraft. 1955Times 3 May 17/5 The 170 feet sampled assayed 182.32 dwts. over 5.12 inches or 933 inch-dwts. at a payability of 100 per cent. 1971Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 17 The payability is low as advance development is now confined largely to the flanks of the mine where values are inclined to be more scattered. |