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 )
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 ● Feb. 27, 2026
The company was the lead lender on a more-than $400 million credit agreement with a telecom entrepreneur, Bankim Brahmbhatt, accepting as collateral accounts receivable the executive’s firm had acquired from other businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
The new Andersen Group features an Up-C structure, a tax receivable agreement and large non-controlling interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
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
These last sentences referred to the passage of the act repealing the specie circular and making the notes of the banks receivable in payment of federal dues.
From Thomas Hart Benton by Theodore Roosevelt
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