demandable

Can be insisted

Demandable describes something that can be claimed or required as a right or obligation.

In legal and financial contexts, a demandable debt or payment is one that can be called in immediately, without waiting for a specified date: The loan was demandable upon default.

The word appears mainly in formal or technical writing.

legal

enforceable

Able to be upheld

  • courtTrial venue or sports surface
  • bindingLegally or morally required
  • contractEnforceable written agreement

judgment · litigation · statutory · remedy · injunction · compliance · claimable · actionable · justiciable · writ

debt

loan

Borrowed money repaid later

due · invoice · arrears · collection · default · interest · lender · principal · outstanding · payable

obligation

duty

Required moral task

liability · covenant · pledge · stipulation · condition · provision · accountability · fulfillment · performance · undertaking

Opposites
obligatory nature

demandableoptional

Not mandatory

discretionary · voluntary · elective · noncompulsory · unenforceable

enforceability

demandableunenforceable

Lacking legal force

nonbinding · unclaimable · waivable · forfeitable · discretionary

Family

command, demand, mandate, demanding, demanded, commend, demands, countermand, remand

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