account receivable
noun
a claim against a debtor, carried on open account, usually limited to debts due from the sale of goods and services.
accounts receivable
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pluralof account receivable.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Routine testing includes payroll, expense vouching, cash procedures, search for unrecorded liabilities, accounts receivable, acquisitions of new buildings and equipment, and the cost of goods sold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
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
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
The worries emerged in late September, when the aftermarket auto-parts supplier First Brands filed for bankruptcy amid questions over whether it had pledged the same accounts receivable to different lenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
Your accounts receivable are only worth the value o' the creditors—and some ye hae are nae good.
From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Harold Whitehead
