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
Etymology
Origin of receivable
1350–1400; receive + -able; replacing Middle English rescevable < Anglo-French receivable ( Old French recevable )
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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 ● Feb. 27, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Credit rating agencies KBRA, S&P, and Morningstar all have upgraded ratings on several classes of Carvana auto receivable notes in recent months, Wedbush pointed out.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
On arrival in the colony the passenger was granted in exchange for the warrant a non-transferable land order receivable as cash at face value at sales of suburban and country lands only.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
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