exigible

[ ek-si-juh-buhl ]

adjective

1. liable to be exacted; requirable.

exigible

/ ˈɛksɪdʒəbəl /

adjective

1. liable to be exacted or required

   part of the debt is exigible this month

Other Words From

• un·exi·gi·ble adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exigible¹

From French, dating back to 1600–10; exigent, -ible

Word History and Origins

Origin of exigible¹

C17: from French, from exiger to demand, from Latin exigere; see exigent

Example Sentences

In this 22-page opinion, we read words like exigible, pellucid, struthious, and supererogatory.

From Forbes

Money is frequently sunk in France, upon what are called contracts for the constitution of a rent; that is, perpetual annuities, redeemable at any time by the debtor, upon payment of the sum originally advanced, but of which this redemption is not exigible by the creditor except in particular cases.

From Project Gutenberg

The paper currencies of North America consisted, not in bank notes payable to the bearer on demand, but in a government paper, of which the payment was not exigible till several years after it was issued; and though the colony governments paid no interest to the holders of this paper, they declared it to be, and in fact rendered it, a legal tender of payment for the full value for which it was issued.

From Project Gutenberg

Such a paper money would, no doubt, fall more or less below the value of gold and silver, according as the difficulty or uncertainty of obtaining immediate payment was supposed to be greater or less, or according to the greater or less distance of time at which payment was exigible.

From Project Gutenberg

It would be otherwise, indeed, with a paper money, consisting in promissory notes, of which the immediate payment depended, in any respect, either upon the good will of those who issued them, or upon a condition which the holder of the notes might not always have it in his power to fulfil, or of which the payment was not exigible till after a certain number of years, and which, in the meantime, bore no interest.

From Project Gutenberg