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

/ rɪˈsiːvəbəl /

adjective

1. suitable for or capable of being received, esp as payment or legal tender

2. (of a bill, etc) awaiting payment

   accounts receivable

noun

1. (usually plural) the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment

Other Word Forms

• receivability noun
• receivableness noun
• nonreceivable adjective
• unreceivable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of receivable¹

1350–1400; receive + -able; replacing Middle English rescevable < Anglo-French receivable ( Old French recevable )

Example Sentences

New independent directors are now examining whether accounts receivable were double- or triple-pledged.

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The company’s new directors are working with forensic accountants to investigate whether accounts receivable were pledged more than once, court records show.

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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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