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receivable

[ ri-see-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. fit for acceptance; acceptable.
  2. awaiting receipt of payment:

    accounts receivable.

  3. capable of being received. received.


noun

  1. receivables, business assets in the form of obligations due from others.

receivable

/ ɪˈːəə /

adjective

  1. suitable for or capable of being received, esp as payment or legal tender
  2. (of a bill, etc) awaiting payment

    accounts receivable

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. usually plural the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·𾱱a·i·ٲ ·𾱱a··Ա noun
  • ԴDzr·𾱱a· adjective noun
  • ܲr·𾱱a· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of receivable1

1350–1400; receive + -able; replacing Middle English rescevable < Anglo-French receivable ( Old French recevable )
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It said the company was facing a “severe shortage of working capital and is unable to recover most of its accounts receivable.”

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You may also have accounts receivable that haven’t yet been paid.

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The department said the technician is no longer with the agency and is establishing an accounts receivable system.

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He said at the time that the "formal writing off of the debt in the Welsh government accounts does not prohibit the recovery of any monies receivable".

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I doubt many, if any, businesses have eliminated or will eliminate their employees reviewing and trying to collect the accounts receivable.

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