adjective
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suitable for or capable of being received, esp as payment or legal tender
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(of a bill, etc) awaiting payment
accounts receivable
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonreceivable adjective
- receivability noun
- receivableness noun
- unreceivable adjective
Etymology
Origin of receivable
1350–1400; receive + -able; replacing Middle English rescevable < Anglo-French receivable ( Old French recevable )
Example Sentences
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Recently, he highlighted that Palantir’s accounts receivable have been growing faster than revenue for nine of the last 12 quarters.
From MarketWatch
Carriox claimed to engage in “factoring,” the business of buying accounts receivable, or yet-be-paid invoices, from companies at a discount, court records show.
As Cuba never paid, bills were booked as accounts receivable and then written down by each new Mexican government every six years when the cycle started again, Monroy said.
But instead of keeping them all, Andersen Group will pay 85% of the related cash savings to insiders, under a “tax receivable agreement” with Andersen Aggregator.
The Justice Department is looking into the company’s financial dealings leading up to the bankruptcy filing, including whether accounts receivable have been pledged more than once.
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